This will be the first direct air route between Switzerland and Vietnam.
An airplane of Switzerland’s leisure airlines Edelweiss
According to the plan, the air route will be launched in November with two flights per week.
At present, some air ticket agents have received the booking from customers, while the carrier is about to sell tickets online.
Bernd Bauer, managing general director of Edelweiss, said that the airline hopes to carry about 10,500 passengers to HCM City a year, raking in USD32 million.
Besides bringing tourists from Switzerland and Europe to Vietnam, the new air route is expected to create favourable conditions for passengers to travel from HCM City to other places in Europe, with various destinations in the Swiss International Airlines’ network.
Edelweiss has worked with Vietnam’s big travel firms to build tours between the two countries. The carrier expects to see the annual passenger of around 10% in the next three-four years.
Edelweiss currently offers flights to 68 destinations in 33 countries.