Bamboo Airways allowed to launch direct flights to UK from May
Bamboo Airways has received slots allocated at Heathrow Airport in London to fly six times a week from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City starting in May by the Airports Council of the UK, a representative of the carrier has announced.
Wide-body aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be used on the route (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)– Bamboo Airways has received slots allocated at Heathrow Airport in London tofly six times a week from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City starting in May by the AirportsCouncil of the UK, a representative of the carrier has announced.
Wide-body aircraftBoeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be used on the route.
Through one of thebusiest airports in the world, Bamboo Airway’s international flight networkwill be increased, helping the carrier better meet travel demand ofinternational passengers.
It is also to promoteVietnamese tourism’s brand to the European market, bolster trade activities aswell as investment between Vietnam and the UK.
The carrier previouslyplanned direct routes to London (the UK) and Frankfurt (Germany) in the firstquarter this year, which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, itsuccessfully conducted a Hanoi-London direct flight to bring Vietnamesecitizens home.
Trinh Van Quyet,Chairman of Bamboo Airways, recently expressed his hope that the Governmentwill re-open international commercial air routes in a cautious manner from latesecond quarter or early third quarter, as the pandemic is kept under controlnationwide.
He predicted thatvaccinations across the globe will create a breakthrough in the aviation sectorat year’s end and Bamboo Airways will expand its fleet to 40 from 29 in theyear./.
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Wide-body aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be used on the route (Photo: VNA) 
