Air France maintains code-share service with Vietnam Air

Air France will continue to offer passengers six non-stop, code-share flights a week from Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris as part of its agreement with Vietnam Airlines.

Air France confirmed the number of direct code-share flights operated by Vietnam Airlines aircraft from Hanoi to Paris in a statement in which it also revealed a plan to raise its non-stop services between HCMC and Paris from three to five a week in the winter schedule. Both carriers are members of global airline alliance SkyTeam.

Currently, Air France conducts three weekly non-stop flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Charles de Gaulle International Airport on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The additional flights are scheduled on Mondays and Saturdays, starting from October 31 this year.

The rising demand for air travel between France and Vietnam, and the promising future of this Southeast Asian market encouraged Air France to perform more direct flights and to take further development steps for this market.

Figures from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s website indicated almost 100,000 French visited Vietnam in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%.

Previously, the carrier flew four times to HCMC and three to Hanoi via Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand’s city of Bangkok.

Air France is now running a special promotion until June 30 for passengers to book tickets for travel between September 1 and December 15 this year from Hanoi or HCMC to Paris or onwards to most destinations in Europe. Return tickets exclusive of taxes cost from US$610 for flights to Paris or Amsterdam.

Tags: Air France, Vietnam airlines, Vietnam aviation, Vietnam aviation industry, Vietnam aviation market

Posted by VBN on Jul 2 2011. Filed under Aviation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry