A view of Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang (Photo: VNA)Kien Giang (VNA) – The first Bangkok Airways flight from Thailand’s capital city Bangkoklanded in resort Phu Quoc Island, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, onOctober 29, carrying 63 passengers.
The direct flighttakes about 1 hour 45 minutes to finish one way.
Bangkok Airways willoffer four flights weekly on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, using the70-seat twin-engine turboprop airliner ATR72-600.
The airline aims to bringinternational passengers to Phu Quoc from flights operated by its code-sharepartners, such as Air France, KLM and British Airways, with connecting flightsat its Survarnabhumi base.
It launched thedirect service to Vietnam’s Da Nang resort city last year.
The UK’s TUI Airwaysalso plans to launch charter flights from the UK to Phu Quoc on November 1while Neos of Italy schedules its first flight from Milan to Phu Quoc inDecember.
About 2.8 millionvisitors have come to Phu Quoc since the beginning of this year, bringing arevenue of nearly 2.9 trillion VND (127.7 million USD) to the island.-VNA
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