WorldTrans launches Can Tho – Bangkok direct flights for 2018
Can Tho (VNA) – The travel and transportation services
company WorldTrans announced its schedule for direct charter flights between
Can Tho and Bangkok this year at a press conference in the Mekong Delta city on
March 28.
As planned, WorldTrans will operate eight flights between
the two destinations in June and July using the 180-seat AIRBUS 320 aircraft
from VietJet Air. Flight duration is 1 hour and 25 minutes, with a round-trip
ticket costing 4.6 million VND (201.48 USD).
The direct route helps save a great deal of time transiting
in Ho Chi Minh City as normal.
WorldTrans General Director Vu Duc Bien said the company
aims at becoming a leading charter flight service provider in Vietnam, noting
that it is planning to launch 150 charter flights between Vietnam and world
tourism hubs such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Thailand, and ASEAN
member countries.
Air trips between Can Tho and other destinations account
for 30 percent of the company’s total flights, he added.
Dao Anh Dung, Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s
Committee said the local tourism has experienced robust growth in recent years.
The city has welcomed many delegations of tourists to Can Tho and the Mekong
Delta region in general as well as sent a large number of locals to domestic
and overseas destinations.
The Can Tho international airport has received significant
investments but has yet to capitalise on its full capacity, Dung stressed.
Can Tho want to work with air transportation companies to
organise more flights in the future.-VNA