Airlines plan to increase domestic flights during Tet

Domestic airlines will focus on exploiting routes around the country instead of international routes during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) which will fall in the first half of February, according to Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang.

More than 1,000 flights will be operated each day during Tet (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Domestic airlines will focus onexploiting routes around the country instead of international routes during theupcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) which will fall in the first half of February, according to Director of the Civil AviationAdministration of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang.

Thang said that more than 1,000 flights will be operatedeach day, up 28 percent over the holiday in the previous year. Particularly,the number of the flights will reach 1,200 in peak days, he added.

Specifically, Vietnam Airlines and Vasco will operate 379flights per day and even 504 flights in peak days, rising 35.5per cent and 31 percent respectively over the previous Tet.

Meanwhile, Vietjet will have 371 flights per day averagelyand 375 flights in rush days, and Bamboo Airways will operate 180 flights perday and 190 flights in peak days.

Pacific Airlines plans to have 124 flights per day averagelyand 130 flights in rush days, up 25 percent and 28 percent compared to theprevious Tet, respectively.

Thang added that the carriers will also increase night flightsfrom 22:00 of each day to 7:00 of the next day./.

VNA

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