Jestar Pacific aircraft (Photo: Jestar Pacific)Da Nang (VNA) – The 180-seat Airbus A320 of Jetstar Pacific enroute from Da Nang landed in Hong Kong (China) on March 27, marking a newconnection between the central resort city and the Chinese territory.
The new service was launched with the hope to meet rising travel demandbetween Hong Kong and central Vietnam. It is the third international route byJetstar Pacific and Jetstar Group from Da Nang to foreign cities after thoseconnecting Da Nang with Taipei (China) and Singapore.
According to the low-cost carrier, it will operate three flights perweek on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with tickets sold from only 290,000 VND(12.7 USD) per flight. Each flight takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Flight from Da Nang is scheduled to take off at 10:10 while that fromHong Kong will return to the central city at 14:05.
The number of international tourist arrivals to Da Nang has been on therise in recent years. In 2016, the city welcomed 1.7 million visitors, anincrease of 31.6 percent from a year earlier.
Cathay Dragon and Hongkong Express have also operated their servicesfrom Da Nang to Hong Kong with 7 flights and 3 flights per week,respectively.-VNA
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