Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific officially announced three new domestic routes connecting the central city of Da Nang with Vinh, Thanh Hoa and Phu Quoc Island on Tuesday.

The airline said tickets would be available from April 10 with a starting price of VND190,000 (US$8.4) for one way flights.

The airline will start flying from Da Nang to Phu Quoc from May 24 with four flights per week, and one-way tickets will be priced at $39.4.

The Da Nang-Thanh Hoa route will offer one way ticket prices of $16.4 with four flights a week from May 25.

Da Nang international Airport is the country's third largest airport after Ha Noi and HCM City.

Jetstar Pacific said it was offering a promotional price for the three new routes of VND33,000 ($1.5) on its website www.jetstar.com from 11am on Apri 15-17.

In 2018, Jetstar Pacific carried 6.2 million passengers, a 14.3 per cent increase year-on-year.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) also granted the Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) – a global certificate of safe operation management – to the budget airline last year.

Jetstar Pacific, a member of the Jetstar Group, has grown from five aircraft in 2013 to 17 and now flies 32 domestic and international routes.

The two major shareholders of the airline, Vietnam Airlines and the Qantas Group, expect the fleet to grow to 30 aircrafts by 2021. — VNS