Hanoi, Feb. 2 -- The Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport welcomed a peak number of passengers on February 2 or the last day of the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), said their authorities.

However, neither airports recorded congestion at the terminals during the holiday, except for some cases of flight delays and cancellations.

Tan Son Nhat on February 2 served more than 150,500 passengers and operated 979 flights, including more than 93,000 arrivals and 57,000 departures.

A spokesperson of the airport said that to quickly clear the way for landing passengers, the airport increased its staff and optimised the check-in process.

However, the passengers' demand to ...