Vietravel Airlines launches flight to Suvarnabhumi on 16 December 2022

 Report, image by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

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On the day that Pacific Airlines resumes scheduled commercial flight to Changi from Ho Chi Minh City on 16 December 2022, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport (Suvarnabhumi, in short) welcomes Vietravel Airlines' first international flight from Hanoi. The airline's maiden flight landed in Suvarnabhumi at 2.15 pm, left Suvarnabhumi for Hanoi at 6.18 pm and touched down in Hanoi at 7.42 pm.

Based on daily schedules, Vietravel Airlines flight VN137 takes off from Hanoi for Suvarnabhumi at 11.55 am and is expected to arrive in Suvarnabhumi by 1.50 pm before leaving Suvarnabhumi for Hanoi at 2.50 pm and touching down in Hanoi at 5.05 pm daily under flight VU136.

In 2023, Vietravel Airlines plans to expand its route network to Changi, Taoyuan, Incheon and Busan and introduce flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Suvarnabhumi in January 2023.

Vietravel Airlines is Vietnam's fifth commercial airline. It is founded in December 2020 and begins domestic flights to Danang, Phu Quoc,  Hanoi, Quy Nhon, Cam Ranh, Dalat and Buon Ma Thuot from Ho Chi Minh City. It briefly suspended domestic flights when the covid epidemic in Vietnam went severe in 2021 and by 6 December 2021, it has resumed domestic passenger flights in Vietnam.

The airline has a fleet of three Airbus A321 jets and it plans to launch a cargo venture with Ho Chi Minh City-based Asean Cargo Gateway (ACG) which will operate cargo flights from Vietnam to China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia with up to four B737-800 freighter aircraft by December 2023.

Known for its inflight storytellers, Vietravel Airlines has recently won prestigious awards such as Asia's Leading New Airline 2022 from the World Travel Awards, World's Best Leisure Airline 2022 voted by Skytrax Organization and Inspirational Brand Award 2022 from the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards.