After nearly two-year hiatus of international flights, with exceptions for returning citizens and foreign experts, the country’s aviation industry is facing its worst crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietjet offers customers hundreds of thousands of good-priced tickets from only 609,000 VND (26.43 USD), accompanying the journey to come back home, bringing the joy of reunion with family and loved ones with exciting travel experiences on all routes across Vietnam in the year-end season.
Following its domestic operation resumption, Vietjet has added seven more routes to its flight network, which now includes 14 services from Ho Chi Minh City to Hai Phong, Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Vinh, Thanh Hoa, Chu Lai, Hue, Dong Hoi, Tuy Hoa, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang and Pleiku and from Hanoi to Da Nang and Can Tho.
Indonesia's aviation industry is facing tremendous difficulties in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of timeliness of the government in providing remedial solutions, said Agus Pambagio, a local public policy observer.
The third COVID-19 wave that has been hitting Thailand from April this year has worsen the situation of the struggling Thai aviation industry due to uncertainty over the COVID-19 outbreak among Thai and foreign tourists.
The Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HOSE: VJC) announced consolidated revenue and pre-tax profit of over 8.38 trillion VND (365 million USD) and 127 billion (5.53 million USD), respectively, in the first half of this year.
The State-run Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has said it wants to borrow US dollars from local banks for the country's largest airport project, Long Thanh International Airport in southern Dong Nai province.
Many domestic airlines incurred heavy losses last year after being seriously affected by Covid-19. Along with Government support and their own efforts, airlines, however, have overcome the difficulties and are now posting profits. Bamboo Airways can be viewed as a “miracle” in this regard.
Vietjet is offering millions of vouchers worth 100,000 VND and 50,000 VND in appreciation of passengers who return to the sky and fly safely with the carrier.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on every aspect of life in 2020, and the global economy had been especially hard hit. The Vietnam News Agency has selected the ten most significant global economic issues during the year.
Vietjet has announced the year’s biggest promotion campaign, offering passengers chances to fly marvellously in leaders’ style and win big gifts worth up to tens of billion dong.
The Indonesian Transportation Ministry has agreed to provide the aviation industry with a stimulus package worth 216.5 billion Rp (14.75 million USD) aimed at cutting costs and boosting demand throughout the COVID pandemic.
The picture of the domestic aviation industry remains gloomy as the COVID-19 pandemic has left a strong impact on airlines, eating quickly into their wallets. The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines forecast that the domestic aviation market will gradually recover this year and in 2021 despite difficulties, but it will take a very long time for the international market to regain its health.
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