The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Sept. 5 announced its promotion programme on direct flights to the UK . The promotion programme, under which return tickets are sold at the price of VND12,500,000 (roughly $599), including taxes and other charges, is to mark the opening of the Vietnam-UK direct air route in December. The [...]
The Ministry of Transport has agreed on a new location for the airport in Vung Tau city as suggested by the local government, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) said. CAAV announced the ministry’s approval last week after Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang met with relevant agencies of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The [...]
Planning work on a large international airport on the island district of Van Don, north-eastern Quang Ninh province, has been completed, according to the provincial People’s Committee. The planned airport construction is expected to cost almost $2 billion and is divided into three phases with the first expected to be completed by 2014. The airport [...]
Vietnam Airlines will operate more flights during the forthcoming National Day holidays, from August 30 to September 5. The national carrier will increase 174,000 more seats to meet the high demand. Accordingly, the Hanoi-Da Nang route will see an increased capacity of 2,000 more seats; 3,656 more seats on the Hanoi-Nha Trang route and 2140 [...]
The privately-owned Air Mekong will open two new routes: Ha Noi to Con Dao on September 6 and Vinh-Buon Me Thuot-HCM City on October 1. The new routes offer a total of seven flights a week, bringing the airline’s domestic routes to 13. The carrier is also providing passengers from 60 years old with a [...]
The Vietnamese government plans to issue bonds, tap official development assistance funding and seek private funds to raise $10 billion to build the country’s biggest airport over the next decade, a state-run newspaper reports. The infrastructure of the Long Thanh airport in the southern province of Dong Nai will be built by funds provided by [...]
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