Vietnam Airlines to receive 16 Airbus A321s

National carrier, Vietnam Airlines is scheduled to receive 16 new Airbus A321 aircraft in 2010.

Vietnam Airlines expects to expand its fleet to 104 planes by 2015 and then to 150 aircraft by 2020.

In 2010, Vietnam Airlines will also join SkyTeam, a global airline alliance with eleven members and three associate carriers.

The airline has transported about 9.3 million passengers in 2009, including more than six million on domestic routes, increasing by 16% on the year before.

The airline has also confirmed plans to open new routes to Northeast Asia in 2010.