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Vietnam Airlines resumes HCM City – Van Don flights

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines resumed flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 3, the same day the airport was allowed to reopen after local COVID-19 outbreaks were put under control.
Vietnam Airlines resumes HCM City – Van Don flights ảnh 1A Vietnam Airlines airplane. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlinesresumed flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Van Don International Airport in thenorthern province of Quang Ninh on March 3, the same day the airport wasallowed to reopen after local COVID-19 outbreaks were put under control.

Flights from HCM City take off at 1:00pm and those from VanDon 3:45pm. All are operated on Airbus A321 with four-star services.

From March 3 to 17, one weekly flight will ply the routebetween the two destinations, on Wednesdays. Flight numbers will be increasedto three a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from March 18 until theend of the year.

The resumption of the HCM City – Van Don flights is expectedto help boost tourism in Quang Ninh and neighbouring provinces, said arepresentative from Vietnam Airlines, adding that the airline will cooperatewith Quang Ninh to adopt measures to stimulate travel demand and revive localeconomy.

Vietnam Airlines launched the HCM City – Van Don air route inDecember 2018.

Van Don International Airport was temporarily shut down onJanuary 29 after an airport security staff was confirmed positive for the novelcoronavirus./.
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