HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Vietnam Airlines will have approximately 800 more flights on domestic and international routes to meet the rising travel demand of passengers during the forthcoming Tet holiday.

The flagship carrier will run the additional one-way flights from January 26 to February 24 on the 22 routes that have the strongest air travel demand, with 136,000 seats to be made available, up 18 per cent more than the same period of last Tet and 7 per cent more than normal days.

Among routes seeing added flights include those connecting Ha Noi to HCM City, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc and Da Nang; from HCM City to Da Nang, Hai Phong, Vinh, Hue and Nha Trang; from Can Tho, HCM City to Taiwan's Taipei and Kaohsiung and from HCM City to Hong Kong, Japan's Fukuoka and Osaka.

The carrier took in revenue of VND69 trillion (US$3.2 billion) in 2015, with VND1.4 trillion ($64 million) in pre-tax profits, which was 129 per cent higher than its set target.

During the reviewed period, the carrier conducted over 127,500 flights, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.5 per cent. — VNS