A new terminal was put into use at the Lien Khuong Airport in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 26.
The terminal with a 3,254m long and 45m wide runway will enable the Lien Khuong Airport to serve international flights to northeast and other Southeast Asian nations in 2010. The 12,400m² terminal built [...]
The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines launched its new direct flight route from Hanoi to Kansai in Japan on January 13.
The airline plans to operate five flights a week on an Airbus A321 with 168 economy-class seats and 16 business-class berths.
The new route will be serviced by flight No VN944, taking off from Hanoi at 00:10 daily, excluding Tuesdays .and Fridays. Flight No VN945 will depart from Kansai on the same days at 11 am and arrive at 14:45 at Noi Bai International Airport.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines said its daily Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok service will become twice daily starting December 1 as the carrier plans for more passengers from Thailand next year.
Do Khoi Nguyen, Vietnam Airlines representative in Bangkok, told Thanh Nien that the new schedule, with one flight in the morning and the other in late afternoon, would be good for the tourist market.
Air Canada has announced that it will introduce non-stop service between Calgary and Tokyo, offering convenient connecting flights throughout Asia with its Star Alliance partner carriers. Air Canada will operate three times weekly flights to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport beginning March 27, 2010 in time for summer peak travel.