AirAsia to launch low-cost airline in Vietnam
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Vietnam’s Thien Minh Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new low-cost airline in Vietnam.
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Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Vietnam’s Thien Minh Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new low-cost airline in Vietnam.
The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has taken steps to research the market and demand for international flights to and from Quy Nhon city in Binh Dinh province.
Vietjet Air has rescheduled many flights from or to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25 due to bad weathers caused by storm Usagi.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air met with leaders of the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 15 to discuss its air services at the newly-built Van Don International Airport in the province.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on November 7 hosted a reception for Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia Michael Gunner who is on a visit to Vietnam from November 6-9.
Indonesian transport minister Budi Karya has ordered local airlines Lion Air and Garuda to inspect their Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes in the context that authorities continue investigation and search for victims of Lion Air plane crash on October 29.
Vietnamese leaders sent messages of sympathy on October 30 to Indonesian leaders over the recent fatal airplane crash of low-cost carrier Lion Air.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on October 29 that there would be no survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea earlier the day.
No Vietnamese citizens were marked as onboard the Lion Air passenger plane of Indonesia, which crashed into the sea on the morning of October 29, the country’s Vietnamese embassy confirmed.
Jetstar Pacific will increase flights between the central city of Da Nang and Taipei, Taiwan (China) to five round trips per week to meet rising travelling demand, announced the budget carrier on October 26.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will begin code-sharing with Japan Airlines on some domestic and international flights from October 23.
VAC said on October 15 that the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the budget carrier Jetstar Pacific were awarded the highest seven-star safety ranking from AirlineRatings.com.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the budget carrier Jetstar Pacific were awarded the highest seven-star safety ranking from the world’s safety and product rating agency AirlineRatings.com, Vietnam Airlines Corporation said on October 15.
Vietjet launched a three-day promotion on October 10 with 700,000 promotional tickets priced from only 0 VND available at www.vietjetair.com.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet announced the opening of three air routes linking Vietnam with Japan at the Vietnam-Japan Investment Promotion Conference in Tokyo on October 10 within the framework of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Japan.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet on October 10 signed and exchanged an aircraft financing agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL), a member of Japan’s leading finance group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and the banking group BNP Paribas of France.
Vietjet has started selling tickets on its international new route connecting Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Seoul capital city of the Republic of Korea.
Vietnam’s airlines have announced plans to adjust domestic and international flights on September 16-17 to avoid impacts from super typhoon Mangkhut.
