Airlines, travel firms tout discounts
Local tour and airline companies are offering discounts on domestic tours for the upcoming summer holiday. National carrier Viet Nam Airlines and travel companies like Fiditour and Vietravel have...
View ArticleVietnam considers hiring foreigners to manage airports
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport to classify the airports into two groups for better calling for investment, and allow foreign investors to manage...
View ArticleVietnam Airlines’ launches major promotion
The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has recently launched a promotion program for domestic routes. Accordingly, passengers only pay VND 199,000 per ticket on routes between Phu Quoc-Rach Gia...
View ArticleAirbus components to be manufactured in Vietnam
According to an official of the Da Nang Hi-tech Park Management Board, the Korea Aerospace Industries has made a survey in Da Nang to build an aircraft component manufacturing factory for Airbus....
View ArticleVietnam’s aviation industry dreams of flying high
The demand for air cargo transportation has bounced back in the world. Vietnam is one of the three fastest growing markets in the world. International air transportation still growing in crisis The...
View ArticleVietnam begins its UAV era
Vietnam has announced it has succeeded in manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) which would be put into both civil and military services. The country is also seeking foreign supply sources. On...
View ArticleVietnam to manufacture Airbus spare parts
The Republic of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is planning to build a factory in Vietnam to manufacture spare parts for Airbus planes, according to Korean communications sources. The proposed factory...
View ArticleVietnam Airlines adds more than 3,600 summer flights
HA NOI— The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will add 3,641 flights, equivalent to 700,000 seats, on eight domestic and four international routes from June 1 to August 31 in order to meet...
View ArticleSingaporean low-cost airline launches promotional program
Singapore’s budget carrier Tiger Airways will sell one-way tickets at only VND 88,000 (excluding taxes and additional fees) from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore between June 10th and 17th, on the 8th...
View ArticleVietJetAir opens new international route
HCM CITY (VNS)— Budget carrier VietJetAir has launched its Ha Noi-Bangkok route. The service departs Ha Noi’s Noi Bai International Airport every day at 10.50am and arrives in Bangkok at 12.40pm. The...
View ArticleVietnam, Italy sign aviation agreement
The Vietnamese and Italian Governments have signed an air transport agreement with a view to promoting flights between and through the two nations’ territories. The document was signed on June 21 by...
View ArticleVietnamese firms invest in Airbus planes
HA NOI (VNS) — The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company (VALC) signed a contract in Ha Noi on Friday to buy 30 Airbus planes. Vietnam Airlines will buy 10...
View ArticleVietnam airlines announces two more int’l routes
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will officially open two new international routes departing from Da Nang as of July 1, 2013. Three flights a week will connect Da Nang with Seoul in the...
View ArticleVietJetAir teams up with Thai firm in pursuit of high life
BANGKOK (VNS)— The low-cost carrier VietJetAir has agreed a joint venture with the Thai airline Kan Air, as part of its long-term campaign to penetrate the global aviation market. A memorandum of...
View ArticleDa Nang visitors to fly direct to Seoul, Siem Reap
Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flights from the central city of Da Nang to Seoul in the Republic of Korea and Siem Reap in Cambodia on July 1 to tap the increasing numbers travelling these routes,...
View ArticleSecond aircraft spare parts factory to take shape
Japanese firm, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd will build a second factory in 2014 to manufacture spare parts for the Boeing 777 in Vietnam. Group officials said on July 5 that the new facility will be...
View ArticleVNA, Rolls-Royce in talks over aircraft engine deal
HCMC – Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and Rolls-Royce are in talks over the national flag carrier’s plan to buy engines for 14 Airbus A350 aircraft, heard a meeting on Thursday between the Ministry of...
View ArticleMore summer flights launched
HCMC – Many air carriers have launched more flights between big cities such as HCMC, Danang and Hanoi to meet the rising demand of passengers during summer. Low-cost air carrier Jetstar Pacific said on...
View ArticleTan Son Nhat Airport to be overloaded after 2020
It is expected that by 2020, the number of passengers through HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport will reach 25 million annually, equivalent to the maximum capacity of the airport. This...
View ArticleACV wants Long Thanh airport project sped up
Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) on Monday requested related parties to accelerate the development of Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai to ease the burden on the operational Tan Son...
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