Illustrative image (Source: https://www.bambooairways.com)Hanoi (VNA) – Bamboo Airways officially welcomed two Boeing 787-9Dreamliner aircraft from its partner GE Capital Aviation Service (GECAS) inSingapore on October 24.
The aircraft will be put into operation in November this year.
The delivery is part of a long-term cooperation agreement between Boeing, GECASand Bamboo Airways. Bamboo Airways plans to add more aircraft Boeing 787-9Dreamliner to its fleet in 2020.
Along with wide-body planes, GECAS will continue to provide Bamboo Airways withtwo more Airbus A321neo, which are manufactured in Hamburg, Germany.
Dang Tat Thang, Standing Vice Chairman of Bamboo Airways, said the delivery of theBoeing 787-9 Dreamliner to his firm is an important milestone in its plan to expandits fleet, serving the goal of expanding the network of air routes, especially internationalroutes.
The new aircraft play a key role in bringing Bamboo Airways closer to the goalof providing 5-star service on all flights, Thang said.
Bamboo Airways signed an agreement to purchase 30 wide-body aircraft Boeing787-9 Dreamliner worth 5.6 billion USD. By the end of 2019, the airline's fleetwill reach 30 aircraft, and is expected to grow to 100 by 2024.
Bamboo Aiways currently operates 28 domestic and international routes, and is hopedto provide service on 37-40 routes by the end of 2019, including regularinternational routes to the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China) and othercountries in Southeast Asia.
So far, the airline has conducted more than 14,000 safe flights with an averageoccupancy rate of 90 percent, and the on-time rate of 93.9 percent./.
VNA
