Delegates at the launching ceremony (Photo: VNA)Can Tho (VNA) – Budget carrierVietjet Air on January 12 launched two new air routes linking the Mekong Delta cityof Can Tho with Taipei of Taiwan and Seoul of the Republic of Korea (RoK).
The Can Tho - Taipei route operates fourround trips per week. Meanwhile, the Can Tho – Seoul route has three flightsper week.
Speaking at the event, Managing Director ofVietjet Air Luu Duc Khanh said the airline currently boasts 80 airplanes andwill add 24 others to its fleet this year. It has carried over 100 millionpassengers on 137 air routes, of which there are nine from/to the Mekong Delta.
Since the first air route inaugurated in2014, Vietjet Air now has the largest number of routes to the Can Thointernational airport among Vietnamese carriers, with seven domestic and twointernational ones, he added.
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’sCommittee Dao Anh Dung said the additional international air routes will bolsterinvestment attraction, tourism development and create optimal conditions forregional residents to travel.
On the occasion, the carrier and HD Bankpresented 100 million VND (4,300 USD) each to the city’s fund for the poor./.
The Can Tho - Taipei route operates fourround trips per week. Meanwhile, the Can Tho – Seoul route has three flightsper week.
Speaking at the event, Managing Director ofVietjet Air Luu Duc Khanh said the airline currently boasts 80 airplanes andwill add 24 others to its fleet this year. It has carried over 100 millionpassengers on 137 air routes, of which there are nine from/to the Mekong Delta.
Since the first air route inaugurated in2014, Vietjet Air now has the largest number of routes to the Can Thointernational airport among Vietnamese carriers, with seven domestic and twointernational ones, he added.
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’sCommittee Dao Anh Dung said the additional international air routes will bolsterinvestment attraction, tourism development and create optimal conditions forregional residents to travel.
On the occasion, the carrier and HD Bankpresented 100 million VND (4,300 USD) each to the city’s fund for the poor./.
VNA
