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Vietjet opens sales for Phu Quoc–Seoul route

Vietjet has started selling tickets on its international new route connecting Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Seoul capital city of the Republic of Korea.
Vietjet opens sales for Phu Quoc–Seoul route ảnh 1Vietjet has started selling tickets on its international new route connecting Phu Quoc and Seoul (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Vietjet has startedselling tickets on its international new route connecting Phu Quoc island inthe Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Seoul capital city of theRepublic of Korea.

The Phu Quoc–Seoul route will have a dailyreturn flight from December 22 with flight time of around 5 hours 30 minutesper leg. The flight departs from Phu Quoc at 3.30pm and arrivesat Seoul at 10.45pm (local time). The return flight takes offfrom Seoul at 1.45am (local time) and lands in Phu Quoc at 5.35am.

Phu Quoc is known as “Pearl Island”, thelargest island in Vietnam. Being a famous travel destination, Phu Quoc hasattracted significant investment in tourism and resort real estate, the airlinesaid in a statement.

Upon launching the new route connecting Phu Quocto Seoul, Vietjet expects to not only bring modern air travel to localpeople and tourists but also promote trade and contribute to improving thelocal investment, it said.

According to the management board of the PhuQuoc Economic Zone, the district has 279 potential projects in tourism,housing, agriculture, public service and forestry. The total investment in theprojects is worth 361 trillion VND (15.4 billion USD)

Since 2015, it has received 4.7 millionvisitors, 20.5 percent of them foreigners.

Vietjet is thefirst airline in Vietnam that operates a low-cost, modernized carrier model toprovide a wide range of services to its customers. Apart from airtransportation, Vietjet also provides consumer goods and services to thecustomers through the application of advanced E-Commerce technology.

Vietjet is anofficial member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) with IOSASafety Certificate. In addition to the “Top 500 Leading Brands in Asia 2016”and “Best Recruiting Brand in Asia” for many consecutive years, Vietjet is alsohonored to be the Best Asian Low Cost Carrier awarded by TTG Travel Award in2015. Besides that, Vietjet is also honored as the Top 3 Fastest GrowingFacebook Fanpage award by Socialbakers.

Currently,Vietjet operates 60 A320, A321 aircraft with more than 385 flights daily,carrying more than 60 million passengers up to date, with 94 routes coveringdestinations in Vietnam as well as international destinations such as Japan,Hong Kong, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Myanmar,Malaysia and Cambodia.               

Vietjet plansto expand its network across the Asia-Pacific region and is continuing toexpand its regional network. Recently, Vietjet signed a contract agreement topurchase new, modern aircraft from the world’s leading aircraftmanufacturers.-VNA
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