Bamboo Airways opens Rach Gia-Phu Quoc route

There will be three flights per week between Rach Gia and Phu Quoc, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang (VNA) – Bamboo Airways on February17 operated its first flight from Rach Gia city in the Mekong Delta province ofKien Giang to Phu Quoc island, marking the opening of the route.

There will be three flights per week on Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays, each taking only about 20 minutes.

Deputy Director of Bamboo Airways Truong Phuong Thanhsaid along with the Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Rach Gia routes launched earlier,the Rach Gia-Phu Quoc route is expected to better meet the travelling demand ofresidents in Kien Giang and tourists.

It would help Kien Giang enhance economic and culturalties with other localities, and attract more tourists to Rach Gia and Phu Quoc,he believed.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee Mai Van Huynh called on ministries, agencies, the Civil AviationAuthority of Vietnam and businesses to facilitate the operations of airlines so that more flights to Kien Giang will be conducted./.

VNA