Vietnam Airlines ready to conduct other repatriation flight
Vietnam Airlines will conduct its second flight to Romania to repatriate Vietnamese people moving out of war zones in Ukraine which is set to arrive in Hanoi at March 11 noon.
The passengers returning from Ukraine on the first repatriation flight arrive at Noi Bai International Airport at noon of March 8. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Airlineswill conduct its second flight to Romania to repatriate Vietnamese peoplemoving out of war zones in Ukraine which is set to arrive in Hanoiat March 11 noon.
The first flight from Bucharest arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at 11:30am onMarch 8.
A representative of the national flagcarrier told the Vietnam News Agency that it has been ready to operate thesecond flight, noting that it is the airline’s honour to join the Government’sefforts to bring Vietnamese citizens from Ukraine home in a timely and safemanner.
A Boeing 787-9 plane of Vietnam Airlines (Photo: VNA)
With experience from the first flight,the prepared flight plan and the personnel currently present in Romania,Vietnam Airlines is ready to operate its second one at the request of theGovernment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it added.
This will also be the third repatriationflight of the country.
The one by Bamboo Airways from Warsawcapital of Poland is scheduled to land at Noi Bai airport on March 10 morning./.
Vietnamese representative agencies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries have received about 3,500 Vietnamese people who fled from war areas in Ukraine.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son talked over the phone with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu on March 7, asking for continued support for the Vietnamese people and their families evacuating from Ukraine.
The first flight repatriating 287 Vietnamese people evacuated from war zones in Ukraine landed at Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia in coordination with the Vietnamese association in southern cities of Russia on March 7 welcomed 20 Vietnamese citizens evaculated from war zones in Ukraine to Russia.
