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Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar serve nearly 1.6 million passengers in Tet

Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific serve nearly 1.6 million passengers in Tet

The Vietnam Airlines served nearly 1.3 million passengers during the peak season of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from January 20 to February 11.
Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific serve nearly 1.6 million passengers in Tet ảnh 1A flight of Vietnam Airlines (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Airlines servednearly 1.3 million passengers during the peak season of the Lunar New Year(Tet) holiday from January 20 to February 11.

The national-flag carrier operated nearly 8,000 flights inthe period under review, up nearly 4 percent year on year.

Meanwhile, the budget carrier Jetstar Pacific also operatednearly 2,000 flights, carrying nearly 300,000 passengers.

A representative from Vietnam Airlines said that thepunctuation indication of the airline reached 90 percent averagely, with thehighest of 98 percent. Particularly, one day before the first day of the firstlunar month (February 2) and the sixth day of the month (February 10), which isthe last day of the longest and most important annual festival in Vietnam, thenumber of flights operated by Vietnam Airlines each day exceeded 500.

Safety for all the flights were ensured.-VNA
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