The air route linking HCM City and Melbourne will initially have four flights per week. Bamboo Airways will consider raising the frequency to four based on the market demand.
A flight of Bamboo Airways
The route will help to shorten the travel time between the two cities by half to eight hours. Bamboo Airways will use Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for the route.
The airlines will also mull over the launch of flights connecting Hanoi and Melbourne.
Deputy General Director of Bamboo Airways Nguyen Manh Quan said that the direct air route is expected to boost business and tourism ties with Australia
Melbourne Airport Chief of Aviation Lorie Argus said she was proud to welcome a new international carrier while dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. “Before the pandemic, Vietnam was one of our most popular overseas leisure destinations, and we have no doubt that Bamboo Airways will be embraced by Victorian travellers,” she added.
Bamboo’s Melbourne-Ho Chi Minh City service will be the carrier’s first Australian venture since launching freight operations in 2020, with flights subject to regulatory approval.
Australia is now home to 300,000 Vietnamese people who mostly live in Sydney and Melbourne.