January 20, 2012
Jetstar Pacific will continue to operate as a low-cost carrier The government’s stake in budget airline Jetstar Pacific, held via the State Capital Investment Corp., will be transferred to national carrier Vietnam Airlines, local media reported Wednesday, citing a directive. Jetstar Pacific, which is partly owned by Australia’s Qantas, will continue to operate as a [...]
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January 6, 2012
Vietnam’s new budget carrier, VietJet Air, plans to launch new routes and deploy more aircraft this year, and hopes to carry 700,000 passengers. The private airline, which began operations December 25 with a flight from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi, now operates two flights a day, and plans to increase this soon, Luu Duc [...]
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January 3, 2012
An Iranian ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 2. Iran’s military has warned one of the US navy’s biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran’s nuclear drive. Iran’s military on [...]
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December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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December 20, 2011
Vietnam Airlines said its new direct services linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with London will take it one step closer to becoming a major regional carrier. “The launch of the direct flights will allow Vietnam Airlines to improve its services for Europe, meet the travel demand of passengers, and help boost investment, [...]
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December 9, 2011
Vietnam’s transport ministry on Monday officially annulled the licenses of two private carriers, including Indochina Airlines, because they were inactive for a long time. The Ministry of Transport announced its decision about two days after local media reported that Indochina Airlines’ license had been revoked. The airline, which was the first private carrier to operate flights [...]
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December 5, 2011
Five private airlines have been licensed in Vietnam since 2007, but each of them is struggling to take off, with one having already crash-landed. Air Mekong operates flights while VietJet Air is expected to commence services late this December after many delays. But the others are finding it hard to launch or, in the [...]
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November 13, 2011
Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]
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July 21, 2011
Vietnam’s private carrier Air Mekong will add three weekly flights to the route between Hanoi and Da Lat, starting August 3.  The additional flights will be offered on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the airline said.  In April, Air Mekong began offering non-stop flights from Hanoi to the southern island of Phu Quoc–making it the longest domestic haul [...]
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July 20, 2011
A ship waits to receive fuel from Dung Quat refinery National carrier Vietnam Airlines has received the first delivery of 3,000 cubic metres of jet fuel from the Dung Quat oil refinery. The delivery on Sunday came two weeks after the airline announced a deal to buy jet fuel produced by Dung Quat, the only [...]
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