Vietjet honoured ‘The Low-Cost Carrier of the Year’ for cargo transportation

Payload Asia, an international magazine for air freight industry, on January 22 honoured Vietjet as ‘The Low-Cost Carrier of the Year’ and ‘The Belly Carrier of the Year’ for its outstanding cargo transportation in 2020.
Vietjet honoured ‘The Low-Cost Carrier of the Year’ for cargo transportation ảnh 1Vietjet honoured as‘The Low-Cost Carrier of the Year’ for cargo transportation - Illustrative image (Photo: Vietjet Air)
HCMCity (VNA) – Payload Asia, an international magazine for airfreight industry, on January 22 honoured Vietjet as ‘The Low-Cost Carrier ofthe Year’ and ‘The Belly Carrier of the Year’ for its outstanding cargotransportation in 2020. 

“Vietjetwins the double awards this year thanks to its agility in air cargo strategysince March 2020, the very early stage of the global pandemic. With outstandingcargo activities throughout the year which helped to fill the logistics gap inthe regional and global supply chain, the carrier has impressively demonstratedits excellence to the industry professionals”, said Payload Asia EditorGiullian Navarra. 

The7th Payload Asia Awards acknowledge the best companies in the air cargo market,including global carriers, airports, logistic suppliers of the year, puttingthe spotlight on services that benefit the rising e-commerce market. 

“We’revery delighted to receive such an international recognition for Vietjet’s aircargo activities in a very challenging year of 2020. I believe that the freightoperation of Vietjet in particular and of global airlines in general will getmuch busier in the coming time,” said Vietjet Cargo CEO Do Xuan Quang. 

Vietjetlast year configured some of its passenger aircraft for freight transportationpurpose while applying new operational methods to strengthen its cargo servicecapacity. The airline has since delivered more than 60,000 tons of cargotransnationally, seeing its freight revenue leaping by 75 percent over theprevious year’s.  

Throughinterline agreements, Vietjet’s cargo also landed in America and Europe for thefirst time in 2020. The airline is set to be among a few airlines in the worldreporting positive consolidated financial statement for 2020. 
Vietjet honoured ‘The Low-Cost Carrier of the Year’ for cargo transportation ảnh 2Vietjet wins the double awards this year thanks to its agility in air cargo strategy since March 2020 - Illustrative image (Photo: Vietjet Air)
Thenew-age carrier Vietjet is a fully-fledged member of International AirTransport Association (IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA)certificate. With a focus on cost management ability, effective operations andperformance, Vietjet offers flying opportunities with cost-saving and flexiblefares as well as diversified services to meet customers’ demands.  

AsVietnam’s largest private carrier, the airline was awarded the highest ranking forsafety with 7 stars in 2018 and 2019 by the world’s only safety and productrating website airlineratings.com andlisted as one of the world's 50 best airlines for healthy financing andoperations by Airfinance Journal in 2018 and 2019.  

Theairline has also been named as Best Low-Cost Carrier by renowned organisationssuch as Skytrax, CAPA, Airline Ratings, and many others./. 

VNA

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