A Vietjet Air airplane (Photo: Vietjet Air)Singapore (VNA) – Vietnam’s low-budget Vietjet Air officially launched a flight betweenSingapore and Hanoi from Singapore’s Changi international airport on April 27.
The airline hoped the new route will meet travelling demand and help facilitatetrade and integration in the region.
The daily flight will take 2 hours and 55 minutes, taking off from Hanoi at 10:00and landing Singapore at 13:55 (Singapore time) and taking off from Singaporeat 14:55 and landing Hanoi at 16:50.
Vietjet is the first airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline withlow-cost and diversified services to meet customers’ demands. A member of theInternational Air Transport Association (IATA) with the IATA Operational SafetyAudit (IOSA) certificate, the airline was also named as one of the Top 500Brands in Asia 2016 by global marketing research company Nielsen and “BestAsian Low Cost Carrier” at the TTG Travel Awards 2015, which compiles votesfrom travelers, travel agencies and tour operators in throughout Asia. Theairline was also rated as one of the top three fastest growing airline brandson Facebook in the world by Socialbakers.
Currently, theairline boasts a fleet of 45 aircraft, including A320s and A321s, and operates350 flights each day. It has already opened 63 routes in Vietnam and across theregion to international destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, the Republicof Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, China and Myanmar. It has carried nearly 35 millionpassengers to date.-VNA
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