The national flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony on July 2to receive its first Airbus 350-900 aircraft and announce its upgradeservice quality programme and new brand identifying system, marking amajor step in bringing the airline into the international arena.
Among those present at the event was Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who also joined a takeoff ceremony for the new jetliner.
ThePM congratulated Vietnam Airlines on its A350-900 new-generationaircraft and spoke highly of effective cooperation between the carrierand Airbus Group. He praised the airline’s announcement of its upgradeprogramme on service quality and new brand identifying system
He said he hoped the airliner would expand and ensure air safety and security.
Hesuggested Airbus continue supporting Vietnam in personnel training anddevelopment of technical logistics facilities while affirming Vietnam’swillingness to cooperate with the aircraft manufacturer in other field.
Atthe ceremony, the PM witnessed the signing of a technical cooperationagreement between Vietnam Airlines and Airbus Group in which laterpledged to provide a full package of parts and supplies for the former’sA350 fleet over 12 years.
Aircraft A350-900 XWB is the newest member of Airbus’s wide-body family.
Receiving Aircraft A350-900 XWB is part of Vietnam Airlines’ plan by2020 to enlarge its fleet of new-generation wide-body aircrafts for itslong-distance services. The national flagship carrier is the secondairline in the world, after Qatar Airways, to operate the new generationaircraft. As scheduled, Vietnam Airlines will have fourteen A350-900s,including 10 ordered directly from Airbus and another four from leasingfirms.
During the ceremony, Vietnam Airlines introducedits plan to upgrade its services to meet four-star rating by the end ofthis year, covering ticket booking, in-flight services, after-sales andstaff attitude alongside its new brand identifying system applied fromJuly 3 onwards.-VNA
Among those present at the event was Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who also joined a takeoff ceremony for the new jetliner.
ThePM congratulated Vietnam Airlines on its A350-900 new-generationaircraft and spoke highly of effective cooperation between the carrierand Airbus Group. He praised the airline’s announcement of its upgradeprogramme on service quality and new brand identifying system
He said he hoped the airliner would expand and ensure air safety and security.
Hesuggested Airbus continue supporting Vietnam in personnel training anddevelopment of technical logistics facilities while affirming Vietnam’swillingness to cooperate with the aircraft manufacturer in other field.
Atthe ceremony, the PM witnessed the signing of a technical cooperationagreement between Vietnam Airlines and Airbus Group in which laterpledged to provide a full package of parts and supplies for the former’sA350 fleet over 12 years.
Aircraft A350-900 XWB is the newest member of Airbus’s wide-body family.
Receiving Aircraft A350-900 XWB is part of Vietnam Airlines’ plan by2020 to enlarge its fleet of new-generation wide-body aircrafts for itslong-distance services. The national flagship carrier is the secondairline in the world, after Qatar Airways, to operate the new generationaircraft. As scheduled, Vietnam Airlines will have fourteen A350-900s,including 10 ordered directly from Airbus and another four from leasingfirms.
During the ceremony, Vietnam Airlines introducedits plan to upgrade its services to meet four-star rating by the end ofthis year, covering ticket booking, in-flight services, after-sales andstaff attitude alongside its new brand identifying system applied fromJuly 3 onwards.-VNA
