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.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and low-cost Jetstar Pacific scheduled seven extra flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to meet high travel demand before Tet, the traditional New Year of Vietnam.
Budget airline Jetstar Pacific is set to launch a programme offering free return-leg tickets for 22 domestic and seven international air routes to celebrate the 2018 Lunar New Year.
The Ministry of Transport plans to spend 350.5 trillion VND (15.4 billion USD) to develop the country’s aviation industry from now until 2030.
Airports across Vietnam served about 94 million passengers and handled an estimated 1.34 million tonnes of freight last year, up 16 percent and 19 percent, respectively, from 2016, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA).
Thousands of migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City are worried about transport ticket shortages as the biggest festival of the year approaches.
Vietnam’s budget carrier Jetstar Pacific on February 1 put into service its automatic check-in kiosk system at airport, allowing passengers to check-in within only 30 seconds.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines’ branch in China’s Hong Kong held a meeting with its partners on January 30.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has registered to sell 7.6 million shares of the Vietnam Airlines Corporation, which is listed as HVN on the stock market.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has introduced its premium economy class for routes connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Tokyo of Japan.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines ended 2017 with pre-tax profit hitting a record high of over 2.8 trillion VND (123.2 million USD), an increase of 8.3 percent from the previous year and 72 percent higher than the yearly target.
Cheap flight tickets for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday are almost sold out, especially for the Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi route.
