Vietnam Airlines instrument commence straight flights between the UK’s Author and Vietnam’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis from Dec 8, the listing toter announced on Dec 1.
There will be quaternion flights per hebdomad, operating on Weekday, Weekday, Thursday and Weekday with Boeing 777 bomb.
The flights module start from Hanoi’s Noi Bai Planetary Field and HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Planetary Field at 23:30 and from London’s Gatwick aerodrome at 12:20 (anaesthetic instant). The movement dimension gift be 12 hours, a vii minute reduction compared to flights with one pass stop.
With the launch of the new route, Vietnam Airlines will operate a total of eight direct routes between Vietnam and Europe.
On this occasion, Vietnam Airlines offers a promotion price of VND20.9 million (US$999) for individual passengers from Vietnam to London who buy return tickets from now until March 31, 2012 and depart between January 1, 2012, to March 31, 2012.
The national carrier is expected to raise its number of flights from Vietnam to the UK to seven per week by 2015.
The new flight route is said to help improve the airline’s competitiveness and implement its strategy to become one of major airlines in the region.