<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Ho Chi Minh International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Tan Son Nhat International Airport has its origins in the early 1930s when the French colonial government constructed a small airport with unpaved runways, known as T&acirc;n Sơn Nhứt Airfield near the village of Tan Son Nhut. By mid-1956, with U.S. aid, a 7,200-foot (2,190 m) runway had been built; the airfield near Saigon became known as South Vietnam's principal international gateway. During the Vietnam War (or Second Indochina War), Tan Son Nhut Air Base (then using the alternative spelling T&acirc;n Sơn Nhứt) was an important facility for both the U.S. Air Force and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. Between 1968 and 1974, Tan Son Nhut Airport was one of the busiest military airbases in the world.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Pan Am schedules from 1973 show that during the last days of South Vietnam, Boeing 747 service was being operated four times a week to San Francisco via Guam and Manila. Continental Airlines operated up to 30 Boeing 707 military charters per week to and from Tan Son Nhut Airport during the 1968&ndash;74 period.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 9 December 2004, United Airlines became the first U.S. airline to fly to Vietnam since Pan Am's last flight during the Fall of Saigon in April 1975. Flight UA 869, operated using a Boeing 747-400 landed at Ho Chi Minh City, the terminus of the flight that originated from San Francisco via Hong Kong. On 29 October 2006, this service was switched from San Francisco to Los Angeles with a stop in Hong Kong, operating as UA 867 (also using a 747&ndash;400). In 2009, the service UA 869 has resumed once again from San Francisco via Hong Kong International Airport.[8] United ended the route to San Francisco via Hong Kong on 30 October 2011. The airline resumed the route from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong after its merger with Continental Airlines. The flight until suspended, no longer made a stop at San Francisco and was flown on a Boeing 777-200ER instead of the 747-400.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2006, Tan Son Nhat International Airport served approximately 8.5 million passengers (compared with 7 million in 2005) with 64,000 aircraft movements. It has recently accounted for nearly two-thirds of the arrivals and departures at Vietnam's international gateway airports. Due to increasing demand (about 15&ndash;20% per annum), the airport has been continuously expanded by the Southern Airports Corporation.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">TRANSPORTATION Ho Chi Minh International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Ho Chi Minh Airport counts with the following transportation options within its facilities:</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus:</strong> Three bus routes transfer passengers to the city center very conveniently.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Taxi: </strong>The trip to downtown by taxi takes 30 minutes.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Car rental:</strong> To rent a car in Ho Chi Minh city turns to be a great choice!</p>
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