Vietjet increases frequencies to meet rising summer demand

Low-budget carrier Vietjet will offer more than 5,000 flights to meet the increasing travel demand during the summer while launching a golden week promotion from March 28 to April 3.
Vietjet increases frequencies to meet rising summer demand ảnh 1VietJet passengers queue to board a flight at Tan Son Nhat Airport. ​(Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Low-budget carrier Vietjet will offer more than 5,000 flights to meet the increasing travel demand during the summer while launching a golden week promotion from March 28 to April 3.

Under "It's 12, Let's Vietjet!" campaign, the promotion will provide customers with 2 million discounted air fares priced from zero dollars. It applies to all domestic routes and for travel from April 1 to December 31 (excluding holidays).

The airline will also increase flight frequencies for a number of routes including HCM City to Hanoi, which will have 25 daily return flights in total, HCM City to Da Nang with 13 daily return flights, HCM City to Phu Quoc with six daily return flights and HCM City – Nha Trang with five daily return flights.

The routes from Hanoi to Da Nang and Nha Trang will have 15 daily return flights and five daily return flights, respectively.

Meanwhile, the international routes from HCM City to Chinese Taipei will also have two return trips per day from June 18. The HCM City-Singapore route will also have two return flights a day and HCM City - Bangkok (three return flights) and Hanoi-Bangkok (two return flights a day).

Vietjet is the first airline in Viet Nam to operate as a new-age airline with low-cost and diversified services to meet customers' demands. It provides not only transport services but also uses the latest e-commerce technologies to offer various products and services for consumers.-VNA

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