Vietjet Air to run 17 weekly flights on Vietnam-Australia routes

Budget carrier Vietjet Air plans to gradually increase the frequency of its round-trip flights between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Australia to 17 per week in a bid to meet high travel demand during the peak season.
Vietjet Air to run 17 weekly flights on Vietnam-Australia routes ảnh 1A Vietjet Air crew (Photo: Vietjet Air)
Hanoi (VNA) – Budget carrier Vietjet Air plans to graduallyincrease the frequency of its round-trip flights between Vietnam’s Ho Chi MinhCity and Australia to 17 per week in a bid to meet high travel demand during thepeak season.

Accordingly, on a weekly basis, there will be seven flights connectingthe southern Vietnamese metropolis to Sydney; as well as seven and three others linking it to Melbourne and Brisbane respectively. The higher frequencies willbegin in early December.

According to the HCM City Department of Tourism, Australia is among the top tenmarkets with the highest number of tourists to Vietnam and the city in recentyears.

HCM City welcomed more than 130,000 Australians last year,accounting for 3.5% of the total number of visitors to the southern economichub./.
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