Wednesday 29 October 2014

VietJet Air launches flights to Siem Reap, Taipei and domestic flights in Thailand by December 2014

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals





VietJet Air, Vietnam's private low-cost airline that is exhibiting in ITB Asia 2014 for the first time in an effort to attract international sales agents, is launching scheduled flights to Siem Reap, Taipei and domestic flights in Thailand by December 2014.

On 3 November 2014, VietJet Air flight VJ931 departs from Hanoi for Siem Reap at 5.15 pm and arrives in Siem Reap on 7.05 pm before leaving Siem Reap at 8.05 pm and touching down in Hanoi at 9.55 pm under VJ932. Flights are operated on a daily basis.


On 12 December 2014, VietJet Air flight VJ840 takes off for Taipei - Taoyuan from Ho Chi Minh City at 2.30 pm and arrives in Taoyuan at 6.55 pm before departing for Ho Chi Minh City at 8 pm and arriving in Ho Chi Minh City at 10.25 pm under VJ841. Flights are operated on Fridays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

All flights to Siem Reap, Taipei, Seoul-Incheon (opened since July 2014 from Danang and Hanoi), Singapore, Suvarnabhumi and domestic destinations of VietJet Air are operated by its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft and VietJet Air is actively looking for new destinations and new ventures to expand its flight network.

For instance, VietJet Air operates charter flights to Kunming from Hanoi. It plans to launch scheduled flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Yangon as early as January 2015. It has ambitious plans in the long-run to launch flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Tashkent, Almaty, BIshkek and India.

VietJet Air is also launching domestic flights in Thailand in the fourth-quarter of 2014 through its Suvarnabhumi Airport-based affiliate, Thai VietJet Air (Thai VietJet, in short).




VietJet Air holds a 49 per cent stake in Thai VietJet which was formed in 2013 while the remaining 51 per cent stake in the joint-venture is owned by Bangkok-headquartered Kan Air. 

Thai VietJet's initial domestic route is targeted to be Suvarnabhumi-Chiang Mai followed by Suvarnabhumi-Phuket. From Chiang Mai, travellers can connect to Kan Air's flights to Hua Hin south of Bangkok, Mae Hong Son and other towns of northern Thailand including Nan and Khon Kaen.

VietJet has been honored with prestigious awards in Vietnam and in the world for its trademark fun and friendly onboard services. 

For instance, at the “Budgies & Travel Awards” recently held in London, VietJet, along with Spice Jet (India), Easy Jet (England), Southwest (USA) and Air Asia X (Malaysia), was shortlisted in the category for “The Top 5 Best New Route Launch.” 

VietJet has also been awarded as “The most numbers of cultural and entertainment activities on the airline” by the Asian Record Organization.

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