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Jetstar inaugurates Thanh Hoa- Ho Chi Minh City route

Budget airline Jetstar Pacific inaugurated a new service between the north central province of Thanh Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City on September 5 to meet increasing demand on this route.
Budget airline Jetstar Pacific inaugurated a new service between thenorth central province of Thanh Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City on September 5to meet increasing demand on this route.

The service using AirbusA320 aircraft operates one return flight every day, which departs fromHo Chi Minh City at 10 am and from Thanh Hoa’s Tho Xuan airport at 12:45pm.

To welcome the new route, Jetstar offers 3,000 tickets priced at only 3,000 VND (0.14 USD) each.

By Sept. 5, nearly 10,000 passengers have registered for tickets onthis route at prices ranging from 690,000 VND (32.5 USD) to 3 millionVND (141.6 USD) per ticket.

Besides Thanh Hoa, Jetstar Pacific iscurrently operating flights from 9 provinces and cities in Vietnam,which are Hanoi and Hai Phong City in the north, Vinh City in Nghe Anprovince, Da Nang City, Thua Thien-Hue province and Nha Trang City inKhanh Hoa province in the central region, Buon Ma Thuot in theCentral Highlands province of Dak Lak, and Ho Chi Minh City and KienGiang province’s Phu Quoc Island in the south.-VNA
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