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.
The rates of delayed and cancelled flights of domestic airlines in the first six months of 2017 were 12.2 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, recording a year-on-year fall of 3.6 points and 0.1 points.
The low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines will launch the first flight from Dong Hoi, the central province of Quang Binh, to Chiang Mai province, Thailand, on August 11.
Airports across the country served 55.41 million passengers in the period from January to July, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific said on July 20 that it officially sold air tickets for the new international air route between central Quang Binh province and Chiang Mai of Thailand.
Tropical storm Talas landed in the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh at around 1 am on July 17, bringing strong wind and heavy rains to the region and is gradually weakening on its way westwards.
Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco have announced their cancelation of flights for July 16 over passenger safety amid the tropical storm Talas preparing to land in central Vietnam.
Jetstar Pacific Airlines has received its first Airbus A320 CEO from European aviation firm Airbus recently.
The Noi Bai International Airport has asked all domestic airlines to improve operations so as to cut down on the increasing number of flight delays recorded recently.
