The low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines on August 25 announced its plan to open a new service with one daily return flight between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok, Thailand, as of December 10.

To promote the new route, the carrier is running a discount ticket programme on August 26 which offers a number of tickets at 0 VND on the Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok, HCM City-Hanoi, Da Nang-Hanoi and Vinh-Buon Ma Thuot routes for flights departing some days in December and early next year.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines also said it will add 147 flights on nine popular domestic routes, up 30 percent from normal, to meet growing travel demand on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day.-VNA