A year-on-year surge of 443 percent was seen in the ratio of passengers using online check-in services when flying with Jetstar Pacific in the first six months of 2018, according to the airline’s statistics.
Vietnam’s airports served a total of 43.3 million passengers and handled over 603,000 tonnes of goods in the first five months of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific announced on May 16 that it will add more flights on two international routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam and Guangzhou of China to promote travel demand.
The Vietnam Airlines Corporation said that it officially moved its all operations to the new terminal T1 of Phu Cat Airport, in Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh, from May 3.
Vietnamese are set to enjoy a long holiday from April 28, and services are already strained under the expected surge of people ready to leave big cities.
Two more companies have agreed to provide funding for the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is appealing for more financial resources to organise the 10th Hue Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 2.
Vietnam Airlines announced on April 11 that it would increase domestic flights to meet the high travel demand of passengers during the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1).
Vietnamese carriers including Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco ran 74,165 flights in the first quarter this year, 64,161 of which were on schedule.
Low cost carrier Vietjet Air said it plans to increase flights to serve the expected rise in demand from passengers during the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1).
Vietnam Airline and VietJet Air announced increases of their ticket prices and services as from April 1.
Vietnam’s central Da Nang city and Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture plan to upgrade the current charter flight service to a regular air route between the two cities to boost their investment, tourism and trade, according to a Japanese official.
The low cost carrier Jetstar Pacific has announced it will increase the frequency of its flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok (Thailand) to seven round-trip per week to keep up with increasing travel demand during 2018 summer.
Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific on March 9 said it will continue operations on the Hanoi – Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) air route using A320 aircraft to meet the increasing travel demand in the 2018 summer.
As many as 2,665 flights, or 11.1 percent, were delayed or cancelled in January, a positive sign reflecting recent efforts of the aviation industry to improve the flight punctuality.
The number of air passengers have increased dramatically as Tet, Vietnam’s biggest festival, is coming very near.
The on-time performance (OTP) rates of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and low-cost Jetstar Pacific were reported high in the days ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, representatives from the two firms said on February 14.
There are only a few seats left on flights from Ho Chi Minh City to destinations in the north like Hanoi, Hai Phong, Vinh and Thanh Hoa from February 12 to 15, or the 27th to 30th day of the last lunar month to meet high travel demand before Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year.
