Bamboo Airways expands fleet with new Airbus aircraft

A brand new Airbus A321NEO ACF landed at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on October 8, becoming the 30th plane of Bamboo Airways’ fleet.
Bamboo Airways expands fleet with new Airbus aircraft ảnh 1It is the latest in Airbus' narrow-body A320 family, featuring the longest fuselage in its class and providing comfort for all passengers on board. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A brand new Airbus A321NEO ACF landedat Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on October 8, becoming the 30th plane of Bamboo Airways’ fleet.

It is the latest in Airbus' narrow-body A320 family,featuring the longest fuselage in its class and providing comfort for allpassengers on board. Bamboo Airways has changed the design of its passengercompartment by reducing the number of seats from 240 to 223.

With its new member, the carrier officially operates themaximum fleet approved by the government, with three wide-body airplanes of Boeing,22 narrow-body aircraft of Airbus and five regional jets of Embraer.

Bamboo Airways Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Trong said the fleet expansion is a priority of the airline to expand its flightnetworks to countries in Europe, Australia, Northeast Asia, and the US.

Currently, Bamboo Airways operates a wide domestic flightnetwork connecting with 21 out of 22 airports in Vietnam, and an international network with connection to key airports in Asia, Europe and Australia.

Since the beginning of 2022, during peak periods, itsaverage occupancy rate has remained above 90% for both networks./.
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