Vietnam Airlines to join SkyTeam on June 10

Vietnam Airlines said it will officially join the global airline alliance SkyTeam on June 10, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to be admitted to one of the world’s three main airline unions.

To celebrate the event, the national flag carrier has kicked off a promotion campaign, offering a 10 percent discount for all flight tickets bought via its official website http://www.vietnamairlines.com from 9 p.m of June 9 until 20:59 the next day.

Once joining the SkyTeam, Vietnam Airlines said, its customers will enjoy greater benefits such as access to the global systems of products and services including an airline network of more than 850 destinations around the globe, friendly services throughout their journeys, departure lounge system of the global airline alliance and most notably wider variety of choices regarding ticket prices.

SkyTeam is one of the world’s three airline alliances with ten official members and three associate members in four continents. It has a large airline network connecting 905 locations in 169 countries across the world.

Tags: SkyTeam, Vietnam airlines, Vietnam aviation, Vietnam aviation market

Posted by VBN on May 26 2010. 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