Vietjet to operate first Hanoi - Phuket direct service

Vietjet will be the first airline to operate the direct service between Hanoi and Phuket (Thailand) starting this summer.
Vietjet to operate first Hanoi - Phuket direct service ảnh 1Vietjet aircraft (Photo courtesy of Vietjet)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietjet will be the first airline to operate the direct service between Hanoi and Phuket (Thailand) starting this summer.

The direct service between will operate one dailyreturn flight from May 19 with around 3 hours per leg.

The flights take off from Hanoi at 11:35 and landing in Phuket at 14:40. Thereturn flights will depart Phuket at 15:45 and arrive in Hanoi at 18:35.

Tickets can be reserved now at www.vietjetair.com or Vietjet Air mobile app.The airline is also offering a 50% discount, excluding taxes and fees, tocustomers purchasing SkyBoss/ SkyBoss Business tickets by applying the codeALL50SBB for SkyBoss Business and ALL50SB for SkyBoss.

This programme is valid until this May 5 with travel dates available from nowuntil December 12 this year.

Vietjet to operate first Hanoi - Phuket direct service ảnh 2Thailand's Phuket (Photo courtesy of Vietjet)
Vietjet is operating the only direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and Phuketwith two-hour flights daily.

Apart from Phuket, the airline offers busy weekly flight schedules fromVietnam’s major cities to Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport) besides the Ho ChiMinh City – Chiang Mai route to meet demand of efficient and time-savingtravels to the famous tourist country of Thailand.

Vietjet is a fully-fledged member of International Air Transport Association(IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate. As Vietnam’slargest private carrier, the airline has been awarded the highest ranking forsafety with 7 stars by the world’s only safety and product rating websiteairlineratings.com and listed as one of the world's 50 best airlines forhealthy financing and operations by Airfinance Journal in many consecutiveyears. The airline has also been named as Best Low-Cost Carrier by renownedorganizations such as Skytrax, CAPA, Airline Ratings, and many others./.
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