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Cheers for that.
(I still have nightmares about Hue airport, I had a flight delayed for six hours. Vietnam airways tried to contact me to tell me about it but as I was on the move they could not locate me. Hue airport is not much bigger that a suburban London rail station. For entertainment they put on a loop tape it lasted 20 minutes. If I ever again, see that Tom and Jerry cartoon where Spike (the scary looking dog) tries to make his dream home kennel...)

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Cheers #1 - I can only agree.

In July this year Phu Bai airport was closed for hours - you couldn't even wait inside the buildings - by a rogue buffalo bull on the runway. Friend was due to fly out at 1 pm but she had to return to town from the closed airport at noon. She then waited until 8 pm and returned to the airport for a flight that finally left at 1 am.

Partly it is an airport problem. But it is the airlines who fail to notify of delays that drive me crazy. I have a VN Air gold card, have had the same mobile phone number for more than five years but am never notified of delays. Like my friend I find out about delays when I reach the airport.

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^ par for the course.
...and on this forum all the Vietnam Airline lovers rant and rave about Jetstar delays?

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useful news!

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Closure of Phu Bai airport HUE,

Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said that they will temporarily close the Phu Bai international airport in Hue City in the eight-month period from March 20, 2013 through November 20, 2013 to repair the way for aircraft take off and land.

To reach Hue you need to take a flight for Da Nang and after that take a shuttle bus, taxi, train or if you are a family or a group rent a private car.

Some tourist office set up a service of shuttle bus from Da Nang to Hue and vice versa.