Phu Bai International Airport is located just south of the central city of Huế

Hue

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, former capital of Vietnam

Vietnam

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• October 30, 2005: Phú Bài Airport officially welcomed its first international flight since it was allowed to receive international flights by Government in 2002. The charter flight operated by Austrian Airlines
  Austrian Airlines
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   carried Austrian tourists from Luang Prabang
  Luang Prabang
  Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang , is a city located in north central Laos, where the Nam Khan river meets the Mekong River about north of Vientiane. It is the capital of Luang Prabang Province...
  
  , Laos
  Laos
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• May 24, 2007: Changi Airports International (CAI) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province for the development of Phu Bai-Hue International Airport. This MOU was signed as part of the Vietnamese government’s launch of a tourism master plan to develop Thua Thien Hue Province as the next international tourism destination of Vietnam.

The MOU was signed by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ly, Chairman of People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province and Mr. Chow Kok Fong, Chief Executive Officer of CAI in Vietnam. The event was witnessed by officials from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam

Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam is the aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam. It handles and regulates civil aviation in Vietnam...

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