Jetstar Pacific, the first low cost air service provider in Vietnam, offers the cheapest ticket fares in the world, according to a survey of Spanish e- commerce travel company eDreams on January 31. The purpose of the survey was to provide passengers with choices of cheap flights, which was an important factor helping customers decide [...]
Foreign tourists will receive value added tax (VAT) refunds on goods they purchase in Vietnam when leaving the country via Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Under a decision issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the pilot VAT refund scheme will be implemented from July 2012 [...]
On January 31, Vietnam’s low-cost carrier, VietJetAir, announced discounted one-way tickets between HCM City and Hanoi for just VND590,000. The prices will apply to passengers departing between March 1 to April 25 who purchase tickets online through its website in the 48 hours from 12:00, February 2, to 11:59 February 4. Passengers can make online [...]
The aviation market in Vietnam is going to be ruled by a new legal framework which stipulates stricter, but more flexible regulations which allow to ease difficulties for the airlines. After a lot of delays, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) has submitted to the government the draft decree which is expected to replace the Decree [...]
Two planes carrying 251 passengers from the Russia Far East landed at Cam Ranh airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on January 23 – the first day of the lunar New Year festival. These passengers come from nine provinces of the Far Eastern regions who have booked a tour of Khanh Hoa [...]
Nearly 27,500 passengers have entered and went out of Hanoi through Noi Bai International Airport from January 23-25, according to the Airport Customs Department. They include both local and international visitors, as well as overseas Vietnamese from countries around the globe returning home for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). Most international arrivals are from [...]
Vietnam Airlines has announced that there are 6 flights from Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung in Taiwan to the southern city of Can Tho and 5 others from Can Tho to the above cities during the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) holiday. Its first flight VN6571 carrying 186 passengers from Taiwan already landed at Can Tho [...]
The Prime Minister has allowed national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to take over the entire state-owned capital of budget airline Jetstar Pacific. State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) owned Jetstar Pacific Airlines has taken losses for many years. SCIC now holds around 70 per cent stake in Jetstar Pacific, with the remainder owned by Australia’s Qantas [...]
The Ministry of Transport will build a new airport in Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. The airport will be built 20km to the south of Lao Cai City on 140ha at a total cost of $61.9 million. It will serve military and civil purposes, and will aid rescue efforts in [...]
To meet the growing needs of airline passengers, most Vietnamese carriers plan to improve their services in the domestic market during Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier, plans to increase its domestic flights before Tet to an average of 111 flights per day. The earliest flight starts at 5.30am and [...]
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