Posts Tagged ‘ Jetstar Pacific ’

Vietnam Airlines to become major owner of Jetstar Pacific 

January 20, 2012
Vietnam Airlines to become major owner of Jetstar Pacific 

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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Air traffic controllers investigated after near plane crash 

January 17, 2012
Air traffic controllers investigated after near plane crash 

  The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has launched an investigation into an incident in which a Vietnam Airlines passenger airplane nearly collided with one from Jetstar Pacific last month. The incident happened near Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of December 19, when the northbound Vietnam Airlines plane was taking [...]

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Jetstar Pacific not being taken over, group says 

December 12, 2011
Jetstar Pacific not being taken over, group says 

Jetstar Group CEO Bruce Buchanan said the company remained committed to the Vietnamese market Budget airline Jetstar Group on Thursday denied reports that its Vietnam-based offshoot will be absorbed into national carrier Vietnam Airlines due to financial problems. “Jetstar has reiterated its commitment to Jetstar Pacific and dismissed erroneous claims that [it] is to be [...]

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Private airlines hit turbulence even before takeoff 

December 5, 2011
Private airlines hit turbulence even before takeoff 

  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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Jetstar Pacific to resume Hanoi-Nha Trang flights 

May 16, 2011
Jetstar Pacific to resume Hanoi-Nha Trang flights 

  Vietnam’s low cost carrier Jetstar Pacific announced that it will resume Hanoi-Nha Trang flights this month, news website VnExpress reported Monday. The flights will operate once daily from May 24 to May 31. Subsequently, there will be two flights every day through the summer, the report said. At the moment, Vietnam Airlines is the [...]

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Vietnam airlines increase domestic fares 

May 11, 2011
Vietnam airlines increase domestic fares 

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific, along with Air Mekong, Saturday increased their airfares on domestic flights (Photo by TBKTSG Online). Budget airline Jetstar Pacific and private carrier Air Mekong raised their prices on Saturday, half of month after the Finance Ministry approved a 22.7 percent increase in domestic airfares.   Ta Huu Thanh, deputy general director [...]

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Private airlines stuck on the ground 

February 19, 2011
Private airlines stuck on the ground 

A flight attendant serves foods to passengers on an Air Mekong flight. Industry insiders said the private carrier will face tough competition from Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific on the Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi route. Private airlines are having a hard time taking off in Vietnam. Five private air carriers have been licensed in the [...]

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Jet fuel firm's appeal against fine rejected 

January 3, 2011
Jet fuel firm's appeal against fine rejected 

Jetstar Pacific Airlines had it fuel supplies cut off by Vinapco on April 1, 2008 A court in Hanoi on Wednesday rejected an appeal by fuel supplier Vietnam Air Petrol against a decision ordering it to pay a VND3.4-billion fine for cutting off supplies to a local carrier. The Hanoi People’s Court said the penalty [...]

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Australia urges Vietnam to expedite Qantas worker questioning

January 19, 2010
Australia urges Vietnam to expedite Qantas worker questioning

The Australian government has urged Vietnamese authorities to speed up questioning of two Qantas Airways Ltd. employees and allow their return to Australia. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said he spoke with Vietnam’s ambassador to Australia on Jan. 15 about the two executives of Jetstar Pacific, in which Qantas owns a 27 percent stake. Australia [...]

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PM asks Finance Ministry to check income of SCIC officials

January 17, 2010
PM asks Finance Ministry to check income of SCIC officials

The Government Office has announced the PM’s opinion on auditing results of the SCIC, in which the PM requested the Finance Ministry and SCIC learn from their mistakes.  Former Jetstar Pacific’s General Director arrestedJetstar Pacific’s former head opens up Former Jetstar Pacific’s General Director banned from leaving VietnamFinance Ministry discloses pay of SCIC officialsBig losses but [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...