VietJetAir plans direct service to Vladivostok

Representatives of VietJetAir and Vladivostok International Airport sign a cooperation agreement in Vladivostok last Saturday - Photo: Courtesy of VietJetAir

The no-frills carrier said it and Vladivostok International Airport struck a deal for the air route in Vladivostok last Saturday in the framework of the 17th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation last week.

When the air route is launched is unknown. But, the carrier said as Hanoi City, HCMC and coastal tourism sites in Vietnam have become destinations for Russian visitors, the Vietnam-Vladivostok service will help spur not only tourism and trade links between the two countries.

VietJetAir said it has plans to connect this air route with other routes to Southeast Asian nations such as Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore via a stopover in Vietnam after launching the Vietnam-Vladivostok service.

Currently, VietJetAir operates 770 weekly flights on 29 domestic and international air routes.

Jetstar Pacific flies to Thanh Hoa

* Jetstar Pacific became the first low-cost carrier to operate scheduled daily service between HCMC and Thanh Hoa Province when it flew to the central province last Friday.

Jetstar Pacific told the Daily that passengers occupied all the 180 seats of the maiden flight from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Tho Xuan Airport and 95% of the seats on the return flight. The low-cost carrier uses Airbus A320 aircraft configured with 180 economy-class seats for the new service.

As licensed by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, Jetstar Pacific’s flight departs at Tan Son Nhat Airport at 10 a.m. and at Tho Xuan Airport at 12:45 p.m.

Nearly 10,000 passengers have booked tickets for the HCMC-Thanh Hoa service.

Previously, Jetstar Pacific offered discount one-way tickets from VND3,000 as well as 50 zero-fares to people in Thanh Hoa Province via a lucky draw to attract passengers to the new service.

Jetstar Pacific now conducts flights linking nine major cities in Vietnam including HCMC, Hanoi, Danang, Vinh, Haiphong, Hue, Buon Ma Thuot, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc.