What are the types of airways in Vietnam? Principles of use of airway in Vietnam

What are the types of airways in Vietnam? Principles of use of airway in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. What are the types of airways in Vietnam?

Article 5 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP stipulates airways as follows:

- The airway consists of the international airway and domestic airway which are set up on the basis of:

+ Needs for international aviation exchange;

+ Requirements for domestic flight operation;

+ Requirements and capacity to provide the flight assurance services, aviation security and safety assurance;

+ Requirements and capacity to manage and protect the airspace, national defense and security;

+ Conformity with the development planning of Vietnamese civil aviation industry and the airlift plan of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

- The domestic airway is denoted by the letters H, J, Q, T, V, Y, Z, W and numbered in Arabic numerals.

- The domestic airway is denoted by the letters A, B, G, L, M, N, P, R and numbered in Arabic numerals.

2. Principles of use of airway in Vietnam

 Principles of use of airway in Vietnam according to Article 7 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP are as follows:

- The international airway is used for international flights and domestic flights. The domestic airway is used for domestic flights.

- The Ministry of Transport shall decide the frequent use of domestic airway for the international flights in case of need after having the consent from the Ministry of Defense and immediately inform the Ministry of Public Security.

- The flight permit issuing body specified in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP shall permit the international flights to use the domestic airway on the basis of consent of the Department of Operations and the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

3. Regulations on setup, modification, cancellation and announcement of airway in Vietnam

Regulations on setup, modification, cancellation and announcement of airway according to Article 6 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP are as follows:

- The Ministry of Transport shall coordinate with the Ministry of Defense to develop the scheme for setup and cancellation of airway; recommend the modification of area airlift plan for the international airway to ICAO.

- On the basis of the scheme specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP, the Ministry of Defense shall request the Prime Minister to decide the setup or cancellation of airway.

- The Ministry of Transport shall define and modify the detailed parameters of airways which have been set up on the basis of the consent of the Ministry of Defense.

- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall announce the detailed parameters of airways which have been set up and modified and the cancellation of airway in the aeronautical information publication (AIP) of Vietnam.

4. Airspace for joint aviation activities in Vietnam

Airspace for joint aviation activities according to Article 11 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP is as follows:

- The Department of Operations shall submit the decision on setup of flight area and flight path to serve the joint aviation activities as required by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to the Chief of the General Staff.

- On the basis of decision specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 11 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall announce the flight area and flight path to serve the joint aviation activities; manage the running and operation of joint aviation activities; approve the scheme for operation and management of flight activities, mode of flight, scheme for operation of flight area in service of joint aviation activities; appoint the appropriate civil flight operation facility.

- All flight activities in the flight areas and flight path in service of joint aviation activities must be under the command and operated and cooperated by the appointed civil flight operation facility.

The area centers for flight operation management must inform and cooperate on the military flight activities and other flight activities of public service aircrafts affecting the airspace for the joint aviation activities and the appointed civil flight operation facility.

The bodies directly performing the duties of management and operation of flights are responsible for signing and complying with the written cooperation of flight safety assurance.

- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall coordinate with the Department of Operations, the Air and Air Defense Force to define and announce the mode of common communications for the flight activities in the airspace for the flight area and flight path in service of joint aviation activities.

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