Vietjet Air offers great travel deals

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air is giving away nearly 50,000 promotional tickets just from “0” VND for international routes between Vietnam with Seoul, the Republic of Korea, and Taipei (China).
Vietjet Air offers great travel deals ảnh 1The promotion will run from October 12 to 16 for travel period from October 15, 2015 to March 26, 2016. (Source: Vietjetair.com)

To meet travel demand during autumn, the most beautiful season in a year, low-cost carrier Vietjet Air is giving away nearly 50,000 promotional tickets just from “0” VND for international routes between Vietnam with Seoul, the Republic of Korea, and Taipei (China).

The promotion will run from October 12 to 16 for travel period from October 15, 2015 to March 26, 2016.

Accordingly, the programme is applied for flights from October 7, 2015 to March 26, 2016 on Ho Chi Minh City – Seoul route and from October 15, 2015 to March 26, 2016 on Ho Chi Minh City - Taipei and Hanoi - Seoul routes.

Tickets can be booked at www.vietjetair.com, (also compatible with smart phones at http://m.vietjetair.com or Faceboowww.facebook.com/vietjetvietnam.

Payment can be made with Visa, MasterCard, JCB, American Express and ATM cards issued by 24 Vietnam banks that they have been registered with internet banking.

Vietjet received its 28 th aircraft on October 7, an A320 with Sharket wingtips, which is the ninth of the milestone agreement between Vietjet and Airbus for acquisition and leasing 100 aircraft.

The aircraft with advanced design which helps reduce fuel costs, CO2 emissions is expected to boost the carrier’s efficiency and protect the environment.

To welcome its new aircraft, the carrier will promote SkyBoss passengers with a fare reduction of 15 percent for every payment via VISA cards from now to December 12, 205.-VNA

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