The request is raised in the context that the upcoming national holidays of South Vietnam Liberation Day on April 30th and Labour Day on May 1, and summer holidays, will push up air travel demand.
The Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO, is set to add 66,200 seats on 310 domestic flights from January 25 to February 24, covering the festival period.
Airlines plan to make an increase of more than 100 flights, mostly on the Ha Noi – HCM City route, from February 6 to 12 to serve travel demand after the Lunar New Year Celebration that ended on Sunday.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on Thursday that it was opening two new routes from Viet Nam to China’s Shenzhen to meet rising air travel demand.