VietjetAir officially announced its operation on December 2, marking its participation in budget air service in Vietnam. Accordingly, VietjetAir will operate four flights everyday on the Ho Chi Minh City- Hanoi rout, with the first flight scheduled for Dec. 25. VietjetAir plans to launch services linking Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang City [...]
The deputy prime minister, Hoang Trung Hai, has recently agreed to kick off construction for T2 terminal of Noi Bai airport on December 4. T2 terminal project is expected to be completed by the end of 2014 with an estimated capacity of 10 million passengers per year. As designed, the T2 terminal with a total [...]
Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flights between the UK’s London and Vietnam’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from December 8, the flag carrier announced on December 1. There will be four flights per week, operating on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with Boeing 777 aircraft. The flights will depart from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International [...]
An Airbus 330-200 aircraft, manufactured in the French city of Toulouse for Vietnam Airlines, landed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on November 30. This is the 11th A330 craft in the fleet of the national flag carrier. Vietnam Airlines plans to expand its fleet to 115 and 170 aircraft by 2015 and 2020 [...]
After four years of delay, the first flight of VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJetAir) will take off on December 25. The company has put into operation its ticket selling system on the www.vietjetair.com website and its call centre 19001886. A representative of VietJetAir said it will follow a model of low-price airline using Airbus A320. [...]
Vietnam Airlines will be offering a discount to customers making e-payments for tickets on routes to the ASEAN countries, Northeast Asian countries and to countries in Europe. Passengers can book fares and pay online via the airline website from November 25-27. Online payment of air tickets resulted after a collaboration that includes nine banks, Vietnam [...]
The starter’s pistol has sounded for the drawing up of a feasibility study report for Vietnam’s largest ever transport infrastructure project, but not everyone is thrilled. Minister of Transport (MoT) Dinh La Thang said the report on investment into the colossal Long Thanh international airport in southern Dong Nai province would be completed in the [...]
The airlines, which provide domestic flights, including Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) and Mekong, all have reported losses. Especially, Indochina Airlines has to stop operation also because of loss. The loss has been attributed to the low ceiling airfares set by the Ministry of Finance. Managers of the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines [...]
The four private airplanes imported by Green Planet may get the customs clearance by the end of November. As the airplanes are expected to be used for training, they may be exempted from all kinds of tax, including VAT. Green Planet’s Chair Cao Van Son said that the procedures relating to the import of the [...]
The private airline Air Mekong will offer a new domestic route from Vinh in the northern province of Nghe An to Pleiku, in the central highland province of Gia Lai from December 1. As per schedule, flights will depart Pleiku Airport at 5pm and Vinh Airport at 6pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On this [...]
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