Vietnam Airlines is boosting flights to India, transferring from 5 instances weekly to every day providers to New Delhi. The capital might be served from each of Vietnam’s cities, with 4 weekly flights from Hanoi and three from Ho Chi Minh. The transfer comes as VietJet takes an aggressive development technique in India, planning 5 locations from 4 Vietnamese cities, together with Phu Quoc and Da Nang.

Catching up

According to Saigon News, Vietnam Airlines plans to extend its flight providers to India by 30% efficient March twenty sixth. Currently, the flag service affords three weekly from Hanoi (HAN) and two from Ho Chi Minh (SGN) to New Delhi (DEL), first launched in June 2022. Now, the airline is upping flights, serving Delhi every day by including one weekly flight from HAN (4x weekly) and one from SGN (3x weekly).

Both routes are being served by the airline’s Airbus A321s. The revised schedule is beneath, all instances native:

• VN971: Departs HAN at 19:05 and arrives in DEL at 22:05 (4 hours and half-hour) – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
• VN970: Departs DEL at 23:35 and arrives again in HAN at 05:40 (+1 day) (4 hours and 35 minutes) – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
• VN977: Departs SGN at 18:25 and lands in DEL at 22:05 (5 hours and 10 minutes) – Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
• VN976: Departs DEL at 23:35 and lands in SGN at 06:25 (5 hours and 20 minutes) – Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday

The change implies that Vietnam Airlines now affords the identical variety of flights to Delhi as price range service VietJet Air. The low-cost service additionally flies from each HAN and SGN however with flipped frequencies, three from Hanoi and 4 from Ho Chi Minh. However, whereas Vietnam Airlines’ schedule ends right here, VietJet is just getting began.

It is value noting that the flag service is mulling an entry to Mumbai subsequent, India’s second-largest hub and a profitable one. VietJet has already set the stage and new routes might be on the desk in a matter of months.

VietJet desires Indian vacationers

Emerging from the pandemic bruised, Vietnam and VietJet Air shortly moved to develop into worldwide markets. India is a pure goal, with a rising inhabitants that may afford international journey and routes underneath 5 hours. Vietnam shortly needed to develop as huge as Thailand and Singapore have. While this would not be straightforward, price range carriers have paved the best way properly.

However, the technique does not simply middle across the hubs of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. VietJet is experimenting with resort locations as properly. The service now affords direct flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Da Nang, a shocking vacation metropolis that beforehand noticed few Indian vacationers attributable to low connectivity. The airline has completed the identical with Phu Quoc, also referred to as Pearl Island, opening the Indian market to fashionable, non-hub Vietnamese cities.

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It’s not solely non-hubs in Vietnam VietJet is concentrating on. It’s shortly transferring to extra Indian cities too. The service has already launched flights from Ahmedabad to HAN and SGN. In December, the service discovered itself in scorching water after promoting tickets on routes from Bangalore and Hyderabad, solely to cancel on the final minute attributable to “operation challenges.” Indeed, the service had not secured rights and schedules for the brand new routes prematurely, leaving livid passengers.

However, anticipate to see routes solely develop within the close to future as VietJet embarks on a world growth with Australia and New Zealand on one finish and South Asia on the opposite.

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Source: Saigon News

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  Vietnam Airlines

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  VN/HVN

  Airline Type:

  Full Service Carrier

  Hub(s):

  Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi), Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City)

  Year Founded:

  1956

  Alliance:

  SkyTeam

  CEO:

  Lê Hồng Hà

  Country:

  Vietnam