The Republic of Korea’s low cost carrier Air Seoul announced on April 9 that it will launch a new route to Vietnam's Da Nang city as an effort to expand its services in the Asia-Pacific region.
Air Seoul to open air route to Da Nang (Source: businesskorea.co.kr)
Seoul (VNA) – The Republic of Korea’s low cost carrier Air Seoulannounced on April 9 that it will launch a new route to the central Vietnamesecity of Da Nang as an effort to expand its services in the Asia-Pacific region.
The carrier’s spokesperson revealed that the debut flight willtake off on May 18, with the 195-seat A321 aircraft.
Air Seoul is currently operating six A321 chartered planes,including two 220-seat ones and four 195-seat ones. It is offering services onroutes to 16 cities in five countries and territories, namely Japan, Cambodia,Malaysia, China’s Hong Kong and the US territory of Guam, she stated.
Enhanced people-to-people exchanges between the twocountries and improved living conditions are resulting in an increase in thenumber of Vietnamese tourists to the RoK and vice versa.
There are now around 160,000 Vietnamese people living in theRoK, and about 150,000 Koreans are in Vietnam.
The East Asian country ranks second in terms of the numberof tourists to Vietnam. Last year, Vietnam welcomed more than 2 million Koreanvisitors, a surge of 56.4 percent year-on-year. -VNA
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Air Seoul to open air route to Da Nang (Source: businesskorea.co.kr) 
