Vietjet to launch Ho Chi Minh City – Jakarta air route in August

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will launch a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta - the capital and largest city of Indonesia on August 5 with ticket prices from only 0 VND (excluding taxes, fees and holiday of each market).
Vietjet to launch Ho Chi Minh City – Jakarta air route in August ảnh 1A Vietjet aircraft (Source: Vietjetair.com)

HCM City (VNA) - Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will launch a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta - the capital and largest city of Indonesia on August 5 with ticket prices from only 0 VND (excluding taxes, fees and holiday of each market).

The launch of the new route aims to connect two important economic, financial and cultural centers while promoting tourism and economic integration in the region.

The air route will be operated one daily return flight. The flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Jakarta take off at 9:35 am and land at 12:30 pm (local time). The flights from Jakarta to Ho Chi Minh City take off at 1:30 pm (local time) and land at 4:40 pm.

With more than three hours of flight, passengers can reach to the bustling capital of Indonesia which is famous for its colorful culture, religion, cuisine, tourism.

In addition to the new route, traveling journeys to Indonesia always welcome travellers to the paradise of Bali with daily direct flights, convenient departures from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

To celebrate the occasion, Vietjet offers passengers with tickets from only 0 VND, applying for all international flight network to Indonesia, and all routes to Australia, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong (China) and Southeast Asia.

The promotional tickets are available for sales on every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at www.vietjetair.com or the Vietjet Air app.

Especially, passengers who successfully buy a ticket in the period from now to August 15, 2023 will receive an additional 100,000 VND e-Voucher to use in the next booking, applying for all ticket classes on the flight network./.

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