A Bamboo Airlines plane. (Photo: VNA) Sydney (VNA) – Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways announced on February 28 that it will launch its direct serviceconnecting Ho Chi Minh City with Sydney city of Australia.
Initially,there will be two weekly return flights on Tuesdays and Fridays starting fromMarch 29, and the number will be increased to four a week later this year.
The direct service will help cut travel time between the twocities to eight hours, down by half compared to transit flights. The modern wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be used for thisroute with utmost fuel efficiency and superb amenities and services.
Onthe same day, Bamboo Airways signed an agreement with Sydney airport relatingto the operation of Sydney-Hanoi/HCM City non-stop flights.
Underthe agreement, the two sides pledged to implement necessary activities toensure the efficiency of the direct flights as well as promote the two countries’ images, cultural heritages, natural beauty and traditional values.
GeoffCulbert, chief executive of the Sydney airport, said enhacing theconnection between the two cities is essential because Vietnam is an extremelypopular destination for Australian tourists as well as the large Vietnamesecommunity living in Sydney.
Luong Giang, a representative of Bamboo Airways in Australia and Geoff Culbert, executive director of Sydney signed an agreement to promote the nonstop HCM City-Sydney route. (Photo: VNA) BambooAirways General Director Dang Tat Thang said they are delighted as the carrierhas become the first international airline to run a new route to Sydney sinceAustralia lifted its travel restrictions.
“BambooAirways hopes to bring a 5-star oriented flight experience to Australiantourists as well as the large Vietnamese community in Sydney, thereby meetingthe significantly increasing market demand in the post-pandemic period,” hesaid, adding that the carrier will cooperate with the Sydney airport to successfullyoperate the regular direct flights on the Ho Chi Minh City – Sydney route as well aspromote the partnership between the airline and Australia's busiest airport.
Earlier, on February 19 and 20, Bamboo Airways launched the first non-stop flight betweenHCM City and Melbourne city.
Australia is home to more than 300,000 Vietnamese nationals, mainlyin Melbourne and Sydney, the largest and most populous city ofAustralia. In 2019, the number of Australian visitors to Vietnam reached more than 383,000, justbehind the figures of tourists from the US, Russia and some꧙ other Asian countries, according tothe Vietnam National Administration of Tourism./.
