A one-way airway from north to south is scheduled to open by 2015 to increase safety and save time and fuel costs for Vietnamese airlines, a chief aviation officer said Friday.

The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of National Defense have agreed on a reorganization of the Vietnamese airspace so that there will be more airways for civil flights, Lai Xuan Thanh, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said after a meeting of the two ministries.

The one-way air route from north to south, which will enable aircrafts to travel to and return from a destination on two separate airways, will help save time for passengers and fuel costs for the air carriers, Thanh said.

Vietnam currently only has two-way air routes, forcing airplanes to fly on different latitudes on the same routes to avoid collisions, according to the CAAV.

Consequently, major airports such as Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City and Noi Bai in Hanoi are often overloaded during busy times, causing airplanes to have to wait to land.

The Ministry of National Defense has also green-lighted a plan to open the second taxiway at Tan Son Nhat airport to reduce overloads, Thanh, the CAAV chief, added.

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