Vietnam Airlines increases flight frequency to Singapore

Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights between Hanoi and Singapore from one to two flights a day on all weekdays from June 15 to meet the travel demand between the two countries.
Vietnam Airlines increases flight frequency to Singapore ảnh 1Vietnam Airlines aircraft (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam Airlines has announced that itwill increase the frequency of flights between Hanoi and Singapore from one to twoflights a day on all weekdays from June 15 to meet the travel demand betweenthe two countries.

At the same time, the flight frequency on the Ho Chi MinhCity-Singapore route is kept at three flights a day for weekdays.

On this occasion, the national flag carrier is offering aspecial incentive programme for passengers buying tickets on all of its saleschannels from agents, websites, and mobile apps.

Specifically, a round-trip ticket between Hanoi andSingapore is from 5.799 million VND (246.9 USD) (including taxes and fees); andthat on the Ho Chi Minh City-Singapore route is from 4.971 trillion VND(including taxes and fees). The offer is applied to passengers who buy ticketsfrom now until December 31, 2023, and depart from June 15 to December 31.

In addition, Vietnam Airlines offers one free baggageallowance for each passenger who buys an Economy Flex or Economy class ticketfrom now until July 31, 2023, applicable for the period of departure from June15 to July 31, 2023.

Vietnam Airlines is continuing to promote internationalflight routes, including opening new routes, increasing frequency, and restoringa number of routes to serve passengers during the summer peak. It launched adirect route linking Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City with Mumbai (India) on May 20 andwill open another between Hanoi and Melbourne (Australia) from June 15.

The airline will also restore the Hanoi - Chengdu (China) routefrom June 4, and the Hanoi - Luang Prabang (Laos) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) route fromJuly 1; and increase the frequency of the routes of Da Nang - Narita (Japan),Hanoi - Fukuoka (Japan), Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City- Hong Kong (China), Hanoi/HoChi Minh City- Siem Reap (Cambodia), Ho Chi Minh City- Sydney/Melbourne(Australia)/Paris (France)./.
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