National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has just launched a new air route connecting the central city of Danang and Bangkok's Don Muang Airport.
Flights on this new route are due to depart at 8 pm from Danang Airport and at 5.05 am from Don Mueang Airport every day.
Speaking at the launching ceremony on Wednesday, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh emphasised that the new air service will create favourable conditions for Thai tourists to fly directly from Bangkok to Danang, thereby allowing them to explore famous landscapes throughout the central Vietnamese cities of Danang, Hoi An, and Hue.
"The opening of the new route this year will serve to make a significant contribution to the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand," Thanh said.
Addressing the event, Vice President of the Thai Senate Supachai Somcharoen stressed that the new route is expected to enhance the linkages of the flight network between the two countries, elevate Thailand-Vietnam relations, open up brighter prospects for future co-operation, as well as further developing the profound relationship.
According to head of Vietnam Airlines’ representative office in Thailand, Dao Truong Luu, the launch of the new route, Vietnam Airlines has increased their daily flight frequency to seven from Bangkok to Vietnam.
