From February 8, the national flag carrier willoperate one flight a week every Tuesday on the Hanoi-London route, using wide-body Boeing787 and Airbus A350 aircraft.
The UK is the 9th international market towhich Vietnam Airlines has resumed its regular flights, following the US,Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan(China) and Australia.
Head of Vietnam Airlines’ branch in the UK Phan TheThang said after the Government gave the green light, the carrier has quickly launched regularflights to the UK and Europe to meet the demand of Vietnamese there to returnhome for family reunions on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Flight VN18 from London to Hanoi, which transited throughParis with nearly 300 passengers aboard, is scheduled to landed at Noi BaiInternational Airport on January 26 morning.
The flight is included in the airline’s plan torestore international flights starting from January 1, as approved by theGovernment.
Nguyen Hoang Viet, a passenger on the flight, said theGovernment’s policy on resuming international flights is timely and it serves as a great source of encouragementfor Vietnamese abroad who want to return home for Tet.
Nguyen The Hung, who has lived in the UK for over 20years, expressed his delight at the Vietnamese Government’s approval of theresumption of flights between Hanoi and London.
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