Vietnam Airlines has cancelled 28 domestic flights owning to the danger posed by Haitang, the fourth tropical storm forecast to hit the central region. The cancelled flights were scheduled between HCM City, Hanoi to Buon Ma Thuot and Hue, Da Nang to Buon Ma Thuot and HCM City to Vinh and Dong Hoi. The airlines [...]
Sep 27 2011 | Posted in
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The Vietnam Airline Corporation (Vietnam Airlines) on Sept. 25 announced a 35 per cent fare discount for customers who fly directly from Vietnam to France , Germany or Russia . The promotional programme will last until October 30 for tours to Russia and until December 31 for those to France and Germany . The national [...]
Sep 27 2011 | Posted in
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The local airports, which have low operation frequencies, have been a heavy burden on ground service providers. “Though we obtained the pre-tax profit of 336 billion dong in the first eight months of the year, we incurred losses at five out of the six airports due to the low flight frequency and the higher expenses [...]
Sep 26 2011 | Posted in
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Higher service rates will help small airports stay sky high. “Our five out of six member airports are running at losses due to low flight frequency and service rates though we reaped pre-tax profits of over VND336 billion ($16.2 million) in the year ending August,” said Northern Airport Corporation (NAC) general director Le Manh Hung. [...]
Sep 24 2011 | Posted in
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Thanh Hoa authorities have to think of the reality and viability of using available facilities at a military airport for civil purposes before the province thinks about building a new airport at an estimated cost of over VND2.6 trillion. Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has told the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) to [...]
Sep 24 2011 | Posted in
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National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) is mulling over a plan to increase domestic airfare by 1.5 times to cope with rising inflation. Pham Ngoc Minh, VNA General Director, said that the increased fees are expected to offset rising fuel prices. Minh added that, if the government approves the proposal, fees will be increased by [...]
Sep 19 2011 | Posted in
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