Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will commence operating new routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Tainan (Chinese Taipei) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from this June.
According to the airline’s press release issued on April 12, the Ho Chi Minh City – Tainan city route will be operated every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from June 22, with each flight lasting approximately three hours and 15 minutes.
The flights will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 10:45 (local time) and arrive in Tainan city at 15:00 (local time). Return flights will take off from Tainan city at 16:00 (local time) and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 18:15 (local time).
Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City – Kuala Lumpur route will commence operations from June 1. Flight time is approximately one hour and 55 minutes and will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 9:30 (local time) and arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 12:25 (local time). Return flights will depart from Kuala Lumpur at 13:00 (local time) and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 13:55 (local time).
The airline will also increase flight frequency between Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei from one round trip per day to twice per day from June 18, 2016 with a flight time of 3 hours 25 minutes per leg.
To celebrate the new international routes, Vietjet will offer 50,000 promotional tickets from US$0. The promotion, which will run from April 12 to 18 between 12:00 and 14:00 daily, is applied for all tickets on routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Kuala Lumpur, Tainan and Taipei. The travel period for the Ho Chi Minh City – Kuala Lumpur route is from June 1 to October 30; and the Ho Chi Minh – Tainan/Taipei route from June 22 to October 30 (excluding public holidays).
Tickets can be booked via www.vietjetair.com (also compatible with smartphones at https://m.vietjetair.com) or at www.facebook.com/vietjetvietnam (just click the booking tab). Payment can be made with Visa, MasterCard, JCB, and American Express debit or credit cards and ATM cards issued by 24 selected Vietnamese banks with Internet banking.
Vietjet is the first airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline with low-cost and diversified services to meet customers’ demands.
Currently, the airline boasts a fleet of 35 aircrafts, including A320s and A321s, and operates 250 flights each day. It has already opened 47 routes in Vietnam and across the region to international destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei, China, Myanmar and Malaysia. It has carried more than 20 million passengers to date.
Source: VNA