Circular 23/2026/TT-BXD mechanisms and policies for management of civil aviation-related service prices

CIRCULAR

On mechanisms and policies for management of civil aviation-related service prices

Pursuant to the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam No. 130/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Price No. 16/2023/QH15, amended and supplemented under Law No. 44/2024/QH15, Law No. 61/2024/QH15, Law No. 95/2025/QH15 and Law No. 140/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 85/2024/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Price, amended and supplemented under the Government's Decree No. 128/2026/ND-CP;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 33/2025/ND-CP defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Construction;

At the proposal of the Director of the Transportation and Traffic Safety Department and the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam;

The Ministry of Construction hereby promulgates the Circular on mechanisms and policies for management of civil aviation-related service prices.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application

1. This Circular provides mechanisms and policies for management of civil aviation-related service prices.

2. This Circular applies to:

a) Organizations and individuals conducting business in and providing civil aviation-related services;

b) Organizations and individuals using civil aviation-related services;

c) State management agencies and other organizations and individuals involved in the management of civil aviation-related service prices.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Circular, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Price of scheduled basic economy-class domestic air passenger carriage services means the total amount paid by a passenger for travel in the economy cabin under a fare product that meets the essential needs of the majority of passengers on a scheduled domestic flight, covering services from ground services through in-flight services.

2. Ancillary service charge means the total amount paid by a passenger for optional services provided by an air carrier, which the passenger may elect to purchase or not purchase, to meet the passenger’s needs throughout the journey, from ground services through in-flight services.

3. Socio-economic development route group means air routes of less than 500 kilometers operating to and from Group A airports.

4. Airport repositioning flight means a non-revenue flight not engaged in commercial air transport operations.

Article 3. Currency for service payment

1. Service prices shall be prescribed, posted, and paid in Vietnam Dong (VND) for the following services:

a) The services specified at Points a and b Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular provided to domestic flights, except franchising of the right to operate services at airports;

b) The services specified at Point c Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular;

c) Franchising of the right to operate services at airports specified in Clause 5 Article 20 of this Circular;

d) Official VIP flight and VIP cabin service (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds.

2. Service prices shall be prescribed in US Dollars (USD) for the following services:

a) The services specified at Points a and b Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular provided to international flights;

b) Official VIP flight and VIP cabin service (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds;

c) Posting and payment of charges for the services specified in this Clause shall comply with the law on foreign exchange.

Article 4. Preferential policies

1. For pilot training and proficiency flights conducted in Vietnam that are not combined with commercial operations: No charges shall be imposed for arrival and departure flight administration services or aircraft takeoff and landing services during the first 36 months from the date on which the training institution conducts its first pilot training or proficiency flight not combined with commercial operations.

2. Airlines whose aggregate monthly invoiced charges for aircraft takeoff and landing services and arrival and departure flight administration services, separately calculated for international and domestic flight operations, shall be entitled to the corresponding discounts:

a) For services provided to international flights

b) For services provided to domestic flights

3. For flights operated by a Vietnamese airline entering the air transport market for the first time: Aircraft takeoff and landing charges and arrival and departure flight administration service charges shall be charged at 50% of the rates prescribed by the Ministry of Construction. This preferential rate shall apply for 36 months from the commencement date of the airline’s first flight operation.

4. For flights operated on international routes under scheduled services to and from an airport at which no airline has operated scheduled services during at least the preceding 12 months, and where such services are maintained continuously for at least 12 months from the commencement date of operations: Aircraft takeoff and landing charges and arrival and departure flight administration service charges shall be charged at 50% of the rates prescribed by the Ministry of Construction. The preferential period applicable at airports shall be as follows:

a) At Noi Bai International Airport, Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Da Nang International Airport, Phu Quoc International Airport, and Cam Ranh International Airport: 12 months from the commencement date of the first flight operation;

b) At Cat Bi Airport, Vinh Airport, Can Tho International Airport, Lien Khuong Airport, Phu Bai International Airport, Buon Ma Thuot Airport, Van Don International Airport, Tho Xuan Airport, Dong Hoi Airport, Tuy Hoa Airport, Chu Lai Airport, Pleiku Airport, Phu Cat Airport, Con Dao Airport, Dien Bien Airport, Ca Mau Airport, and Rach Gia Airport: 24 months from the commencement date of the first flight operation;

c) At Long Thanh International Airport and Gia Binh International Airport, after 24 months from the date the airport is placed into commercial operation: 12 months from the commencement date of the first flight operation;

d) At airports other than those specified at Points a, b, and c of this Clause, after 24 months from the date the airport is placed into commercial operation: 24 months from the commencement date of the first flight operation.

5. For scheduled flights (including existing services and additional frequencies) operated on routes that the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam requires to be transferred to another airport for implementation of air transport market development measures: Aircraft takeoff and landing charges shall be charged at 90% of the rates prescribed by the Ministry of Construction. This preferential rate shall apply for 24 months from the commencement date of the first flight operation at the replacement airport.

6. For scheduled flights operating at the airports specified at Points c and d Clause 4 of this Article, during the first 24 months from the date such airports are placed into operation: Aircraft takeoff and landing charges shall be charged at 50% of the rates prescribed by the Ministry of Construction.

7. Within 60 days from the date on which an airline satisfies the requirement of maintaining continuous operations for at least 12 months as prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article, the enterprise providing aircraft takeoff and landing services and arrival and departure flight administration services shall refund in full, or credit against monthly invoices in part, the amount of the applicable reductions in aircraft takeoff and landing charges and arrival and departure flight administration service charges to the airline as prescribed.

8. Clauses 4 and 6 of this Article shall not apply to the flights specified in Clause 5 of this Article.

9. Where a flight is eligible for more than one preferential policy under Clauses 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Article, the airline shall be entitled to the preferential policy providing the greatest reduction amount.

Article 5. Airport group classification

1. Group A: Airports located in areas with difficult socio-economic conditions or exceptionally difficult socio-economic conditions, including Con Dao Airport, Dien Bien Airport, Ca Mau Airport, and Rach Gia Airport.

2. Group B: All airports other than those specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 6. Pricing

1. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall appraise pricing plans and report to the Ministry of Construction for issuance of pricing documents for the following services:

a) Services subject to specific pricing: Aircraft takeoff and landing services; arrival and departure flight administration services; passenger services at airports; and administration services for flights through flight information regions managed by Vietnam.

b) Services subject to price brackets: Aircraft parking space rental services; passenger check-in counter rental services; luggage conveyor rental services; rental services of bridges serving passengers on and off planes; all-in ground commercial technical services at airports and aerodromes; departure luggage automatic classification services; aviation fuel-filling services; services for use of underground fuel-filling infrastructure facilities at airports; franchising of the right to provide aviation services at airports, including passenger terminals; cargo terminals and warehouses; ground technical-commercial services; repair and maintenance of aviation vehicles and equipment; provision of in-flight meals; and provision of aviation fuel; maintenance of aircraft, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers, and aircraft equipment in Vietnam);

c) Services subject to maximum pricing: Scheduled basic economy-class domestic air passenger carriage services.

2. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall appraise pricing plans for official VIP flight and VIP cabin service (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds in order to:

a) Report to the Ministry of Construction for approval of the appraisal results and submit them to the Ministry of Finance for promulgation of maximum prices;

b) Report to the Ministry of Construction for issuance of specific pricing documents.

3. Organizations and individuals providing services specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall prepare pricing plans at the request of the Ministry of Construction or, where proposing a price adjustment, on their own initiative for submission to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam for appraisal, and shall bear full responsibility for the accuracy and truthfulness of the pricing plans, and documents and dossiers attached to such pricing plans.

Article 7. Exemptions from service charges

1. The following flights shall be exempted from aircraft takeoff and landing charges, arrival and departure flight administration service charges, and administration service charges for flights through flight information regions managed by Vietnam:

a) Special flights;

b) Official-duty flights;

c) Flights for search and rescue, transportation of humanitarian aids and relief of natural disasters and floods, and other humanitarian missions;

d) Flights that, after takeoff from a Vietnam airport, are required to return and land at the airport of departure due to weather conditions, technical reasons, passenger medical emergencies, terrorism, criminal acts, political crises, war, or at the request of a competent state agency.

2. The following passengers shall be exempted from passenger service charges at airports:

a) Passengers traveling on flights exempted from service charges under Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Transit passengers within 24 hours (excluding passengers transiting between domestic and international connecting flights and vice versa), provided that the inbound and outbound segments to and from Vietnam are issued on the same passenger ticket and baggage check;

c) Flight crew members (including those on airport repositioning flights);

d) Children under 2 years of age, determined as of the departure time of the first flight segment;

dd) Passengers continuing their journey to the originally scheduled destination after the aircraft has been required to land at another airport (other than the scheduled destination) due to weather conditions, technical reasons, passenger medical emergencies, terrorism, criminal acts, political crises, war, or at the request of a competent state agency.

Chapter II

CIVIL AVIATION-RELATED SERVICE PRICES

Article 8. Arrival and departure flight administration service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing arrival and departure flight administration services at Vietnam airports.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals operating flights arriving at or departing from Vietnam airports.

3. The service price applicable to international flights shall be charged for each takeoff or landing administration operation at Vietnam airports.

4. The service price applicable to domestic flights shall include both the takeoff and the landing administration operation at a Vietnam airport.

5. Pricing rules in certain special cases

a) A charge equal to 50% of the prescribed service price shall apply to: Helicopters, unmanned aircraft, and ultralight aircraft; aircraft required to land at alternate landing points (other than the intended destination) due to weather conditions, technical reasons, passenger medical emergencies, terrorism, criminal acts, political crises, war, or at the request of a competent state agency, including the subsequent flight segment returning to the originally planned destination; aircraft conducting navigation aid calibration flights; aircraft making technical landings; and airport repositioning flights operating to takeoff or landing points within Vietnam;

b) A charge equal to 30% of the prescribed service price shall apply to: Aircraft conducting pilot training and proficiency flights that are not combined with commercial operations. Where an aircraft performs a technical landing for training purposes and takes off immediately after touchdown, such operation shall not be deemed a takeoff or landing movement for the purpose of calculating the service price;

c) Where takeoff and landing occur at the same location, the service price shall be calculated based on the actual flight administration distance, expressed in kilometers (km). The actual flight administration distance (S) shall be determined according to the following formula: S= Vht x T x 70%. Where: Vht means the aircraft cruising speed published in the aircraft manufacturer's documentation (km/h); T means the aircraft's actual flight time.

Article 9. Prices of flight administration services for flights operating through flight information regions managed by Vietnam

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing flight administration services for flights operating through flight information regions managed by Vietnam.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals operating flights through flight information regions managed by Vietnam.

3. The service price applicable to scheduled flights shall apply to flights through flight information regions managed by Vietnam; and flights through Vietnam's airspace and flight information regions managed by Vietnam.

4. For non-scheduled flights: The applicable service price shall be equal to 120% of the prescribed price applicable to scheduled flights.

Article 10. Aircraft takeoff and landing service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing aircraft takeoff and landing services at Vietnam airports.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals operating flights landing at Vietnam airports.

3. The aircraft takeoff and landing service price shall be charged for one (01) aircraft landing movement at an airport.

4. The service price applicable to flights landing at Group A airports shall be equal to 60% of the prescribed price corresponding to the applicable maximum takeoff weight for flights landing at Group B airports.

5. Pricing rules in certain special cases

a) A charge equal to 50% of the prescribed service price shall apply to: Helicopters, unmanned aircraft, and ultralight aircraft; aircraft landing at alternate landing points (other than the scheduled destination airport) due to weather conditions, technical reasons, passenger medical emergencies, terrorism, criminal acts, political crises, war, or at the request of a competent state agency, including the subsequent flight segment returning to the originally planned destination; aircraft conducting navigation aid calibration flights; aircraft making technical landings; and airport repositioning flights operating to takeoff or landing points within Vietnam;

b) A charge equal to 30% of the prescribed service price shall apply to: Aircraft conducting pilot training and proficiency flights that are not combined with commercial operations. Where an aircraft performs a technical landing for training purposes and takes off immediately after touchdown, such operation shall not be deemed a takeoff or landing movement for the purpose of calculating the service price;

c) For domestic flights landing during the time periods announced by the airport operator where the total number of scheduled flights licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam is less than 30% of the runway slot coordination parameter: A charge equal to 85% of the applicable service price shall apply. The provisions of this Point shall apply only to airports that have been in operation for more than 24 months as of the date of the flight operation.

Article 11. Passenger service prices at airports

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing passenger terminal operation services.

2. Service charge payers: Passengers departing by air who carry out departure procedures at passenger terminals of Vietnam airports.

3. Pricing rules in special cases: Children from 2 years of age to under 12 years of age (determined at the time of departure of the first flight segment) shall be charged at 50% of the prescribed service price.

4. For passengers traveling on domestic-to-international connecting flights:

a) Domestic segment: The passenger service price applicable to the domestic flight segment shall be the one applicable at the airport of origin;

b) International segment: The passenger service price applicable to the international flight segment shall be the price applicable at the transfer airport.

5. For passengers traveling on international-to-domestic connecting flights: The passenger service price applicable to the domestic flight segment shall be the price applicable at the transfer airport.

Article 12. Aircraft parking space rental service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing aircraft parking space rental services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals using such services at Vietnam airports.

3. Service prices shall be differentiated between international flights and domestic flights. Where an aircraft is parked for the operation of both international and domestic flights, the parking space rental price per flight shall be determined as the average of the prices applicable to international flights and domestic flights.

4. The price bracket applicable to flights at Group A airports shall be equal to 70% of the rates prescribed for Group B airports.

5. The price bracket applicable to flights operated by airlines designating a Vietnam airport as their base airport shall be equal to 50% of the rate prescribed for domestic flights.

6. Where, due to force majeure circumstances, an aircraft is required to park at an airport other than the airline’s base airport, the applicable charge shall be equal to 50% of the prescribed rate.

7. Parking duration shall be calculated from the time wheel chocks are placed until the time the wheel chocks are removed from the aircraft wheels.

A parking duration exceeding 18 hours but not exceeding 24 hours shall be counted as one day. Where an aircraft remains parked for more than 24 hours and departs within the following 24-hour period, the parking duration shall be counted as an additional one day. This provision shall apply in determining parking duration for subsequent periods in the same manner.

Article 13. Rental service prices of bridges serving passengers on and off planes

1. Collectors of service charges: The enterprise providing passenger boarding bridge rental services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations, individuals, and ground service providers using such services at Vietnam airports.

3. The prescribed price bracket shall apply to flights utilizing two passenger boarding bridge movements (passengers on and off plane). Where a flight utilizes only one passenger boarding bridge movement, the applicable charge shall be equal to 50% of the prescribed price bracket.

4. For flights combining domestic and international operations: The applicable charge shall be equal to 65% of the rate applicable to international flights.

Article 14. Passenger check-in counter rental service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing passenger check-in counter rental services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations, individuals, and ground service providers using such services at Vietnam airports.

3. The price bracket for passenger check-in counter rental services shall be applied under two methods: Monthly rental; and per-flight rental.

4. The price bracket applicable to flights at Group A airports shall be equal to 70% of the corresponding rate applicable at Group B airports.

5. Where a check-in counter is used to serve both international flights and domestic flights, the monthly counter rental price shall be determined as the average of the monthly rental prices applicable to international flights and domestic flights.

6. Service components include: Counter space; check-in counters; computers and related equipment (excluding specialized computer software); counter information display boards; baggage conveyor belts associated with the counters; and electricity and water services for the counter area.

7. The price bracket for the rental of other types of passenger service counters, including: Boarding gate counters; island-head counters; and transfer counters, shall be equal to 20% of the corresponding rate applicable to passenger departure check-in counters at Group A and Group B airports.

Article 15. Luggage conveyor rental service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: The enterprise providing luggage conveyor rental services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals using arrival luggage conveyors at Vietnam airports.

3. This service shall apply at airports where departure luggage automatic classification services are not available.

Article 16. Departure luggage automatic classification service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: The enterprise providing departure luggage automatic classification services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals using departure luggage automatic classification conveyors at Vietnam airports.

3. The price bracket applicable to flights at Group A airports shall be equal to 70% of the corresponding rate applicable at Group B airports.

Article 17. All-in ground commercial technical service prices at airports

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing all-in ground commercial technical services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals operating flights arriving at or departing from Group A airports.

3. Service components include: Aircraft takeoff and landing services; aircraft marshaling services (if any); ground commercial technical services (based on the minimum operational requirements of each flight and the actual capacity of each airport); services involving the use of terminal facilities directly related to flight operations; and airline representative office rental services.

Article 18. Aviation fuel-filling service prices

1. Collectors of service charges: The enterprise providing aviation fuel-filling services.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals using aviation fuel-filling services at Vietnam airports.

3. Service components include: The fueling for aircraft by specialized vehicles (fuel tanker vehicles equipped with appropriate technological systems for fueling aircraft with aviation fuel or defueling aviation fuel from aircraft) at Vietnam airports, excluding fuel supply services.

Article 19. Service prices for use of underground fuel-filling infrastructure facilities at airports

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises providing services for use of underground fuel-filling infrastructure facilities at airports.

2. Service charge payers: Organizations and individuals using such services at Vietnam airports.

3. Service components include: Fueling services from a fuel hydrant system through a dispenser vehicle to an aircraft (a vehicle that does not carry fuel and is equipped only with pumping systems and related technology).

Article 20. Prices for the franchising of the right to provide services at airports

1. Collectors of service charges: Airport enterprises.

2. Service charge payers: Enterprises providing services specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

3. Franchising of the right to provide services at airports, including passenger terminals; cargo terminals and warehouses; ground technical-commercial services; repair and maintenance of aviation vehicles and equipment; provision of in-flight meals; and provision of aviation fuel; and maintenance of aircraft, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers, and aircraft equipment in Vietnam.

4. The price for the franchising of the right to provide services at airports shall be calculated as a percentage (%) of the revenue derived from the corresponding service (excluding value-added tax), including passenger terminals; cargo terminals and warehouses; ground technical-commercial services; repair and maintenance of aviation vehicles and equipment; and maintenance of aircraft, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers, and aircraft equipment in Vietnam.

5. The price for the franchising of the right to provide services at airports shall be calculated on the basis of the service output unit of the corresponding service, including provision of in-flight meals; and provision of aviation fuel.

6. The revenue or service output used for calculating the franchising price shall exclude the revenue or service output generated by companies providing services for their own enterprises, as well as the revenue or service output generated by a subsidiary wholly owned by a parent company in providing services to that parent company, and vice versa.

Article 21. Prices of scheduled basic economy-class domestic air passenger carriage services

1. Scheduled basic economy-class domestic air passenger carriage services provided within the territory of Vietnam shall be subject to pricing by route group based on the following distance bands:

a) Group I. Under 500 km (including socio-economic development routes and other routes);

b) Group II. From 500 km to under 850 km;

c) Group III. From 850km to under 1,000km;

d) Group IV. From 1,000km to under 1,280km;

dd) Group V. 1,280 km and above.

2. The maximum price of the prescribed service includes the total amount payable by a passenger for an air ticket, excluding the following charges:

a) Value-added tax;

b) Passenger and luggage security screening charges;

c) Passenger service prices at airports;

d) Ancillary service prices.

Article 22. Official VIP flight and VIP cabin service (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds

1. Collectors of service charges: Enterprises operating Vietnam's official VIP flight and VIP cabin services (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds.

2. Service charge payers: Agencies using Vietnam's official VIP flight and VIP cabin services (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) invested with state budget funds.

3. Service components include: Official VIP flight services (with the cost for reserve aircraft taken into account) and VIP cabin services.

Chapter III

IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION

Article 23. Responsibility of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam

1. To organize the implementation of regulations on mechanisms and policies for the management of civil aviation-related service prices in accordance with this Circular.

2. To receive price declaration documents for the services specified at Points b and c Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular.

3. To inspect compliance with the law on civil aviation-related service prices.

4. To publish the following information on the website of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam:

a) List of domestic routes by flight distance group no later than 31 December of each year. Where adjustments are required during the year, a review shall be conducted and a supplementary list shall be announced. Where, upon the annual review, no adjustment is required, no new list of domestic routes by flight distance group shall be announced;

b) The volume of aircraft fueling by specialized vehicles at airports no later than 31 December of each year. The volume data shall be aggregated for the period from October 01 of the immediately preceding year through September 30 of the year in which the announcement is made.

Article 24. Responsibility of service providers

1. To implement regulations on mechanisms and policies for the management of civil aviation-related service prices in accordance with this Circular.

2. To declare, post, and disclose service price information in accordance with regulations.

3. To comply with inspection and examination decisions of competent state management agencies.

Article 25. Effect and transitional provisions

1. This Circular takes effect from July 01, 2026.

2. Cases that, before the effective date of this Circular, are applying preferential policies under Article 5 of the Minister of Transport's Circular No. 44/2024/TT-BGTVT dated 15 November 2024, prescribing mechanisms and policies for the management of domestic air transport service prices and aviation specialized service prices, shall continue to enjoy such preferential policies until the expiration of the applicable period.

3. The Minister of Transport's Circular No. 44/2024/TT-BGTVT dated 15 November 2024, prescribing mechanisms and policies for the management of domestic air transport service prices and aviation specialized service prices, is hereby annulled./.

For the Minister

Deputy Minister

LE ANH TUAN