Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (middle) attends the announcement ceremony for launching new routes to and from Phu Quoc on July 29
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed the participation from investors such as Vietjet Air for their contribution to Kien Giang's development. He confirmed that Kien Giang has the potential and hoped that provincial authorities and state agencies will create favourable conditions for the development.
Over 500 representatives of many departments, organisations and firms attended the conference. Vietjet Air then announced that it will open four new domestic and international air routes to Phu Quoc.
Two domestic routes are Phu Quoc-Danang and Phu Quoc-Van Don. Seven round-trip flights will be organised on a weekly basis from late 2019 to mid-2020. Two new international routes are Phu Quoc-Chengdu, China and Phu Quoc-Chongqing, China. There will be three round-trip flights held every week since late 2019.
The flights for two current international routes including Phu Quoc-Hong Kong and Phu Quoc-Incheon will be increased from six to 14 flights per week starting from winter in order to meet demands.
Vietjet Air opened the first flight to Phu Quoc in 2012 and has been expanding the routes to many local provinces, cities and other countries such as China and India. Airlines development means easier transportation and better commercial and tourism development. Since more tourists and investors have come to Phu Quoc, its socio-economic development has changed for the better.
