Vietjet is also offering passengers a golden promotion week from now until next Saturday, with tickets priced from just zero đồng for all routes connecting Hà Nội and HCM City with Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
The air route between the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ and Phú Quốc island, a tourism hub off the southern province of Kiên Giang, will be resumed from October 28.
Malaysian Airlines officially opened its daily direct flight to connect Kuala Lumpur and the central beach city, the third airline operating on the route after Air Asia and Batik Air.
The new route which will be launched on October 23, will increase Vietjet’s routes between Việt Nam and India - a country of 1.4 billion people to eight ones, with 60 flights per week.
The flights between Hà Nội and HCM City were the third busiest domestic airline route in the world in August, according to a recent report by global data provider OAG Aviation.
Following successful services to Shanghai and Chengdu, Vietjet has launched direct flights between HCM City and Xi''an, a city renowned for its rich historical and cultural heritage.
The national carrier will operate seven flights per week between the two Southeast Asian countries, four on the HCM City-Manila route and the remainder on the Hà Nội-Manila one.
The Melbourne-Hà Nội route is Vietjet’s sixth connecting Việt Nam and Australia. With two round trips every Tuesday and Saturday, the route is expected to facilitate travel between Australia and Hà Nội.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will use wide-body Boeing 787 aircraft on the Hanoi-Singapore route to meet the increasing demand, especially during the summer peak.
Vietjet currently operates multiple flights between Việt Nam and Australia with 58 flights per week between HCM City and the five largest cities in the "Land of Kangaroos" including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
Operating from May 12, 2024 with two return flights per week on Thursdays and Sundays, people and tourists can easily travel between the two cities with a flight time of around 4 hours per leg, Vietjet said in a statement.
The new route serves passengers with four return flights per week, operating Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, providing a complete flying experience to the "Land of a Million Elephants" in just 1 hour and 45 minutes flight time.
Flight tickets on the route have been on sale from Tuesday, Vietjet said, adding that this new route will be inaugurated on February 10, 2024, the 1st day of the Lunar New Year, with a frequency of seven return flights per...