Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)has suggested increasing the frequency of flights to Japan, the Republic ofKorea (RoK) and Taiwan (China).
In a report recently sent to the Transport Ministry, the CAAV proposedholding seven weekly flights between Vietnam and Japan in the first stagestarting from January 2022.
It also asked the Transport Ministry to suggest the Foreign Ministrywork with representative agencies of countries and territories that are yet tooffer opinions about the plan, including the RoK, China, Thailand, Singapore,Laos and Taiwan (China).
So far, Vietnam Airlines has sold tickets for flights from Japan and theUS while Vietjet Air offers tickets for flights from Japan.
Data from the Foreign Ministry showed that over 140,000 overseasVietnamese are wishing to return home so that existing regular commercialflights only meet a small part of their demand./.
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