Hong Kong Express Airways opens direct route to Hanoi

A plane of Hong Kong Express Airways at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Hong Kong Express Airways (HK Express) on April 28 launched a direct air route linking Hong Kong (China) with Vietnam via Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.

The first flight, coded UO550, landed at Noi Bai International Airport at 09:01am on the same day.

The low-cost airline operates a round-trip flight, using Airbus A320, with the flight time of around two hours.

This is the third international airline in 2023 to open a new regular route to Hanoi, after Starlux Airlines of China’s Taiwan and Xiamen Airlines of China, bringing the total number of international and domestic airlines operating at the Noi Bai airport to 53.

With the opening of this new route, Hanoi becomes one of the 29 attractive and safe destinations of HK Express./.

VNA