Vietnam Airlines opens Hanoi-Sydney air route
Sydney
(VNA) – A flight from Hanoi of Vietnam Airlines landed in Sydney on March 29, marking
the official launch of the national flag carrier’s direct air service between
Hanoi and Sydney, the airline’s third
direct route to Australia.
Boeing 787-9
Dreamliner aircraft is used on the route, which has three flights each week.
Flights from
Hanoi will take off at 23:55 every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, while flights
from Sydney will leave at 15:15 in summer and 14:15 in winter every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday.
The flight time
is nine hours and 35 minutes.
Vietnam Airlines
already operates daily flights from HCM City to Sydney and Melbourne.
Speaking at the launch
of the route in Sydney, Vietnam’s General Consul in Sydney Hoang Minh Son said
that the route will help further boost trade and travel between the two
countries.
He noted that
the Australian government has allowed the import of fruits from Vietnam, which
should be transported by air to ensure freshness.
In tourism, more
than 215,000 Australians visited Vietnam in 2015 while 72,900 Vietnamese travelled
to Australia the same year, up 28 percent from the previous year.
Kerrie Mather,
Management and Operation Director at the Sydney International Airport, stressed
the new route helps cement the bilateral relationship and meets increasing
travel demand from Sydney to Vietnam.-VNA