{"id":3106,"date":"2026-06-11T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/news\/phuquoc-airport-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:09:35","slug":"phuquoc-airport-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/news\/phuquoc-airport-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Phu Quoc Airport gets a major renovation for APEC 2027 \u2014 a futuristic hub speeding up immigration with biometrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phu Quoc island's air gateway is being reborn into a future-type hub. Sun Group has partnered with aviation IT firm SITA to renovate<strong>Phu Quoc International Airport into a fully self-service airport based on biometric authentication.<\/strong>The new Terminal 2 is planned to<strong>open in July 2027,<\/strong>in time for the<strong>APEC 2027<\/strong>hosted by Vietnam. It connects procedures via facial recognition, smoothing immigration and boarding.<\/p>\n<p>The new Terminal 2's annual handling capacity is 24 million people at opening, designed to be expandable to a scale of 50 million in the future.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_1\"><strong>Phu Quoc airport, a future-type hub for APEC 2027<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sun Group and SITA announced a partnership to renovate Phu Quoc International Airport into a next-generation fully self-service airport. The new Terminal 2 is scheduled to open in July 2027, ahead of APEC 2027. It centers on SITA's \"Smart Path,\" which connects each point \u2014 check-in, baggage drop, and boarding \u2014 via biometric authentication. Construction started in March 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_2\"><strong>Speeding up procedures with biometrics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What's being introduced is a system that, starting from biometric data acquired at the first registration, links each touchpoint via facial recognition. Supporting check-in, seat selection, boarding pass issuance, and baggage tagging are<strong>150 Smart Path kiosks,<\/strong>100 Scan and Go units for automated baggage drop,<strong>,<\/strong>\u3001<strong>and 38 automated boarding gates (dual-lane),<\/strong>which will be installed. Since you can proceed with procedures yourself without staff, shorter wait times for immigration and boarding can be expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p-blogParts post_content\" data-partsid=\"3235\">\n<style>.vghc{display:flex;gap:24px;align-items:center;border:2px solid #cdcdcd;border-radius:8px;background:#fbfbfb;background-image:linear-gradient(#ededed 1px,transparent 1px),linear-gradient(90deg,#ededed 1px,transparent 1px);background-size:22px 22px;padding:24px 26px;margin:32px 0;}.vghc-text{flex:1 1 auto;min-width:0}.vghc-banner{flex:0 0 300px;text-align:center}.vghc-banner img{max-width:100%;height:auto}.vghc-label{color:#d6453f;font-weight:800;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.02em;margin:0 0 8px}.vghc-head{font-size:21px;font-weight:800;line-height:1.5;color:#1c1c1c;margin:0 0 11px}.vghc-desc{font-size:15px;line-height:1.85;color:#555;margin:0 0 14px}.vghc-cta{font-size:14.5px;font-weight:800;color:#1f8a5f}.vghc-adlbl{font-size:11px;color:#aaa;margin:0 0 4px}@media(max-width:600px){.vghc{flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:14px;padding:20px}.vghc-banner{flex:none}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"vghc\">\n<div class=\"vghc-text\">\n<div class=\"vghc-label\">Air tickets \"Airtrip\"<\/div>\n<div class=\"vghc-head\">Compare tickets to Vietnam and save<\/div>\n<div class=\"vghc-desc\">Ticket prices change greatly by season. Compare multiple airlines together and even the same route can differ by tens of thousands of yen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vghc-cta\">#Check air tickets \u2192<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vghc-banner\">\n<div class=\"vghc-adlbl\">Advertisement (A8.net)<\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/px.a8.net\/svt\/ejp?a8mat=4B60CK+7YYZ4Q+2YGS+75EZ5\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\u30a8\u30a2\u30c8\u30ea \u822a\u7a7a\u5238\u4e88\u7d04\" src=\"https:\/\/www26.a8.net\/svt\/bgt?aid=260620868482&wid=002&eno=01&mid=s00000013798001201000&mc=1\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www15.a8.net\/0.gif?a8mat=4B60CK+7YYZ4Q+2YGS+75EZ5\" alt=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"index_3\"><strong>Main specifications of the new Terminal 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Opening planned<\/td>\n<td>July 2027 (before APEC 2027)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annual handling capacity<\/td>\n<td>24 million at opening \/ 50 million in the future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Smart Path kiosks<\/td>\n<td>150 units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Automated baggage drop (Scan and Go)<\/td>\n<td>100 units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Automated boarding gates<\/td>\n<td>38 units (dual-lane)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Construction start<\/td>\n<td>March 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Partners<\/td>\n<td>Sun Group, SITA (Changi-affiliated firms also participate in operations)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"index_4\"><strong>What changes for travelers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once biometric-based full self-service is realized, procedures on arrival and departure at Phu Quoc will become far smoother. Wait times for the often-crowded immigration and boarding will shrink, letting you secure more resort time on the island. This operating model is also positioned as a template for the Phan Thiet, Con Dao, and Rach Gia airports that Sun Group plans, with the potential to ripple across Vietnam's air travel as a whole.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_5\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Phu Quoc airport's major renovation toward APEC 2027 is a plan to turn the island's gateway into a biometric future-type hub. The new Terminal 2 is scheduled to open in July 2027, designed to handle 24 million people a year (50 million in the future). Smart Path kiosks and automated boarding gates speed up procedures. 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