Budget airline Jetstar Pacific Airline launched three direct flights a week between the central city of Da Nang and Taiwan on Friday.

It’s the newest international flight that the carrier has operated in Da Nang this year.

The airline will operate three return flights a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, using 180-seat Airbus A320s.

Jetstar Pacific said the flight aims to boost tourism and business trips between Da Nang and Taiwan and added that this would meet increasing demand for low-cost travel between the two locations.

The airline said it offers a promotion programme with one-way ticket prices from VND11,000 (US$0.5) on the launch of the route.

Last year, the airline launched flights from Da Nang to Singapore and Macao.

The airline also plans to start a HCM City-Guangzhou route, with five flights per week after launching the HCM City-Hong Kong with four direct flights per week in November.

Jetstar Pacific will also operate a direct route from Da Nang to Osaka, Japan, next March with four flights per week. — VNS