By Lang Thang.
19May2012 VietJetAir started flights between Hanoi and Nha Trang. The daily flight departs Hanoi at 0930 A.M and the return flight departs Nha Trang at 1145 A.M. The flight time is 1hour 45 minutes. The flights between these two cities are to meet the high demand for air travel by the Vietnamese tourists in northern region to the beach city of Nha Trang.
Nha Trang Beach
By Lang Thang.
Vietnam's low-cost airline is to begin flights between Hanoi and Con Dao Island from 19May2012. The air firm is to have flights on Wednesday and Saturday departing from Hanoi at 13:10 hours. The flight takes 2 hours and 10 minutes.
By Tieu Quy.
27April2012 VietjetAir, a low-cost air carrier in Vietnam, started flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang (in the Central Region of Vietnam). All flights on this route are with Airbus A320 with 180 seats. Initially, the air firm plans two return flights per day for these two cities. VietjetAir is planning to begin flights between Hanoi and Nha Trang from 19May2012.
By Lang Thang.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), Lot Polish Airlines is to suspend the flights between Warsaw (Poland) and Hanoi (Vietnam) from 25March2012 due to difficulties in demands for air travel between Poland and Vietnam.
By Lang Thang.
VietJetAir is to begin flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang from 27April2012 and between Hanoi - Nha Trang from 19May2012. The flights between Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang are twice daily and the flights Hanoi - Nha Trang are once daily. Also, VietJetAir is to increase flights between Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City to 8 return flights per day.
By Lang Thang.
5Jan2012, Emirates announced that the airlines is to begin flights between Dubai and Ho Chi Minh City from 4June2012. Vietnam Aviation Authority confirmed on the same day that the airlines was preparing formalities for having daily flights to Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Emirates Airlines
By Lang Thang.
According to news from Vietnam Aviation Authority, it has granted a license permitting AeroSvit Airlines to operate twice-weekly flights between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Kiev (Ukraine). The flights departing from Ho Chi Minh City will be on Thursday and Sunday.
Qatar Airways has also increased flights for Doha - Bangkok - Hanoi from 4 flights per week to 7 flights per week. Qatar Airways has daily flights for Doha - Bangkok - Ho Chi Minh City, too.
By Lang Thang.
From 14Dec2011, Asiana Airlines began weekly flights between Seoul Incheon Airport (South Korea) and Danang International Airport (Vietnam), announced the airlines spokesperson. The aircrafts for these flights are Airbus 321-200 with 177 seats. There is huge demand for air travel between South Korea and Vietnam and Asiana Airlines has flights between major cities of the two countries: Incheon - Ho Chi Minh City (14 flights per week), Incheon - Hanoi (7 flights per week), Busan - Ho Chi Minh City (7 flights per week), Busan - Hanoi (7 flights per week), Incheon - Danang (1 flight per week).
By Tieu Quy.
Vietnam Airlines will officially increase airfare for flights within Vietnam from 15-20% from 15Dec2011, announced Le Hoang Dung - Vietnam Airlines' spokesman. This decision is to follow the new airfare ceilings approval by Vietnam Ministry of Transport on 14Sept2011.
By Lang Thang.
Sichuan Airlines has had over six months of operating flights for Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Nanning (China) - Chengdu (Sichuan, China). Currently, the air firm operates 2 flights per week for this route on Monday and Thursday, but it is planning daily flights and direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Chengdu, instead of having one stop at Nanning now.
According to Sichuan Airlines, the current seat occupancy is about 70%, mostly for travellers from China to visit Vietnam. The air firm is to target Vietnamese travel agencies and tour operators bringing tourists from Vietnam to western China and Tibet.
By Lang Thang.
VietJetAir, a new low cost airline in Vietnam, is to begin its flights in Vietnam on 25Dec2011. Initially, the airline plans to fly between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) with 2 flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and 2 return flights each day. From 10Jan2012 to 30April2012, there will be 3 flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and 3 return flights each day.
By Lang Thang.
According to news from Vasco, a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, there is increasing demand for air travel between Ca Mau and Ho Chi Minh City and the air firm is to increase flights to this city. From November 2011, Vasco is to have daily flights between these 2 cities: the flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau departs at 05:55 and arrives at 06:55 A.M; from Ca Mau to Ho Chi Minh City, the flight departs at 07:35 and arrives at 08:40 A.M.
