A plane of Vienam Airlines (Source: VNA)The first flight is scheduled todepart from Hanoi at 0:05am and arrive in Melbourne at 12:30pm on June 15. The planewill return from the second biggest city of Australia at 3pm and land in thecapital of Vietnam at 9:35pm the same day.
With the new route opening, VietnamAirlines is operating the largest number of direct airroutes with the highest frequency between Vietnam and Australia – four routes with 18 flights per weekconnecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with Sydney and Melbourne.
The national flag carrier said allthe routes linking with Australia use modern wide-body aircraft Airbus A350-900,and that as a four-star international airline under Skytrax standards, itpledges to optimise passengers’ experience of both ground and air services.
In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemicbroke out, Australia was the 12th biggest aviation market of Vietnamwith nearly 900,000 passengers, over 400,000 of whom were served by VietnamAirlines.
Last year, though some regional andinternational markets did not fully recover yet, Australia ranked eighth amongthe sources of international air passengers of Vietnam.
This country is now at the fourthplace among the most important markets of Vietnam Airlines, the firm said,noting that it is planning to increase flight frequency and open new routesbetween the two countries./.
VNA
