Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image courtesy : Bamboo Airways Facebook
In the afternoon of 7 May 2021, Bamboo Airways announces that it has been granted a regular direct take off and landing slot from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Its scheduled flights to these cities begin from 1 September 2021 while its charter flights to the US cities plan to take off from July 2021.
According to VnExpress, Bamboo Airways' 787-9 Dreamliner will land in San Francisco at 10 am local time and turn around at 1 pm while it will land in Los Angeles at 9.30 am and turn around at 12.30 pm.
Bamboo Airways did not reveal the departure flight details from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The airline has three 787-9 Dreamliners in active service and an order for 11 more 787-9 Dreamliners.
Bamboo Airways is the first airline of Vietnam to be granted a regular direct flight slot to the US. Accordingly, the flight time to the US from Vietnam will be shortened to about 15-16 hours instead of more than 20 hours due to not having to transit via other countries.
Bamboo Airways is rushing to complete the final steps in the process of building a human resources system, including pilot training, flight crews, thorough and comprehensive training of requirements and regulations related to safety and safety. security, ... ready for all conditions of direct flight operations to the US.
In addition to the direct routes to San Francisco and Los Angeles, the Ministry of Transport is in the process of implementing procedures related to the designation of Bamboo Airways as an airline to operate charter flights between Vietnam and the US. according to the recommendations of the Aviation Administration at the end of April.
When completed, this process will allow Bamboo Airways to organize passenger flights (passengers can be experts, foreign investors, Vietnamese citizens), goods from Vietnam to the US, and goods from the US to Vietnam when approved by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, relevant ministries and branches.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, the appointment of Bamboo Airways to operate charter flights in the first phase is in accordance with the provisions of the Vietnam - US Air Transport Agreement. At the same time, it also facilitates the effective deployment of commercial flights under a special license issued by the US Department of Transportation, serving as the basis for routine preparations to fly to the country under bilateral approval.
Bamboo Airways Chairman Trinh Van Quyet said that the airline plans to operate charter flights to the US from July 2021.
Meanwhile, the airline revealed that it plans to open flight route to Singapore and will announce it soon on its web-site and fanpage. Other new destinations to be served by Bamboo Airways in the future include London Heathrow, Narita, Kansai, Melbourne and Sydney.
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