HCM City eyes 7.5 million foreign visitors in 2018
The southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.
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The southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.
Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho urged the aviation industry and relevant state bodies to take steps to minimize flight delays and cancellations during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Vietnam Airlines and several other carriers have cancelled or adjusted the schedule of many flights to and from areas to be affected by typhoon Tembin.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) wants to working with Vietnam in holding inquires into aircraft accidents.
Domestic Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco in October together operated 18,392 flights on time, accounting for 89.4 percent of the total flights, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced to cancel 10 flights from/to Cam Ranh International Airport and Lien Khuong Airport on November 4 as Typhoon Damrey is likely to slam into the central coast of Vietnam.
The national carrier Vietnam Airlines and the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa signed a deal to promote investment, trade and tourism and strengthen the image of the two sides on October 18.
The on-time performance record of domestic Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco in Sep was 17,624 flights, or 86.3 percent of the total flights, up 1.6 points year on year
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, low-cost Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) will adjust schedule of flights to and from Dong Hoi and Chu Lai.
Domestic airlines operating on the popular Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route have reduced the number of their flights due to technical and staff difficulties, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) reported on October 5.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget Jetstar Pacific on September 27 began selling air fares for domestic flights serving the Tet holiday (Lunar New Year), which falls in February, 2018.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume service connecting Hanoi and Tuy Hoa city in the central coastal province of Phu Yen from October 1 with four flights per week to meet increasing travel demands.
Vietnam Airlines has resumed the operation of all flights from/to airports in localities affected by Typhoon Doksuri, which landed in the central region on September 15 and devastated many localities from Nghe An to Thua Thien-Hue.
Several airlines have announced cancellation of flights to and from airports in the central coastal region on September 14 and 15 as Storm Doksuri is approaching the central coast.
The number of delayed and cancelled flights of the four domestic carriers - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco - was 2,788, accounting for 12.1% of their total flights in August.
The budget carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines officially launched direct air routes linking Hanoi, Da Nang city and Japan’s Osaka city on September 1.
Tourism packages connecting famous destinations in the central province of Quang Binh and Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai will be offered to tourists from both countries thanks to the opening of Dong Hoi-Chiang Mai air route.
Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific officially launched a direct service between Dong Hoi airport in Vietnam’s Quang Binh central province and Chiang Mai in northern Thailand on August 11.
