Passengervolume between Vietnam and Australia grew nearly 4 percent on average from2012-2016. In the first seven months this year, the number of passengers neared213,000, nearly 23 percent of them departed from Vietnam and the remaining fromAustralia.
VietnamAirlines launched flight service between Ho Chi Minh City and Sydney andMelbourne cities of Australia in 1992, using wide-body Boeing B777 and AirbusA330.
InMarch 2017, the carrier offered Hanoi – Sydney route with three flights perweek on Boeing B787.
Ithas also partnered with Quantas, Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia tooperate Australian routes such as Sydney/Melbourne – Adelaide, Canberra,Brisbane and Australia-New Zealand.-VNA