Vietnam Airlines carries nearly 600 passengers finishing quarantine for free

Vietnam Airlines has been carrying nearly 600 passengers who finished their quarantine period for COVID-19 in Can Tho city and Quang Ninh province back to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City free of charge.
Vietnam Airlines carries nearly 600 passengers finishing quarantine for free ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Airlines has been carryingnearly 600 passengers who finished their quarantine period for COVID-19 in CanTho city and Quang Ninh province back to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City free ofcharge.

The national flag carrier said it has made sixfree flights from March 15 to 18 to bring more than 400 people finishingquarantine to the country’s two biggest cities. The nearly 200 others will beflown to Hanoi on the following days.

These passengers returned from the Republic ofKorea on flights of Vietnam Airlines from March 1 to 4 and stayed at quarantinecentres for 14 days at the request of authorities.

The airports of Can Tho (Can Tho city), Van Don(Quang Ninh province) and Phu Cat (Binh Dinh province) were designated toreceive flights from the Republic of Korea, which has been hit hard byCOVID-19, to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease.

According to regulations, epidemics are amongthe irresistible circumstances that an airline is not obliged to completejourneys for passengers. However, Vietnam Airlines still conducts flights freeof charge to ensure its passengers’ interests, the firm said.

The carrier added passengers who bought ticketsfor flights which have been diverted due to the COVID-19 can also change theirtickets free of charge./.
VNA

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