HCM City (VNA) –Budget carrier Vietjet on August 26 announced its latest internation🌞al route,connecting Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang and Taipei of Taiwan.
The new route is part ofVietjet’s plan to expand its flight network to provide more flying opportunitiesfor residents and travelers, Director of International Sales and Distributionfor the carrier Jay Lingeswara said. Vietjet’s convenient,frequent flights allow more than 3,000 passengers to travel daily from Hanoi,Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam to big cities in Taiwan, includingTaipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Tainan, he said. According to Lingeswara,Vietjet will continue to open new routes to help connect local provinces toother locations in the region, promoting tourism and trade and making it easyfor people to travel from their home towns without moving to big cities. The Da Nang - Taipei routewill operate daily, starting from December 19, 2019 with a flight time ofaround three hours.
Vietjetis the first airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline offeringflexible, cost-saving ticket fares and diversified services to meet customers’demands. It provides not only transport services but also uses the lateste-commerce technologies to offer various products and services for consumers.Vietjet is a fully-fledged member of International Air Transport Association(IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate.
Vietjet was named “Best Ultra Low-Cost Airline2018 - 2019” and awarded the highest ranking for safety with 7 stars in 2018and 2019 by the world’s only safety and product rating websiteAirlineRatings.com. The airline has also been listed as one of the world's 50best airlines for healthy financing and operations by Airfinance Journal in2018.
Currently, Vietjet operates around 400 flightsdaily, carrying more than 80 million passengers to date, with 129 routescovering destinations across Vietnam and international destinations such asJapan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China𝔉, Thailand,Myღanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia.-VNA
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The zone will cover 1,881 ha, comprising functional areas for production, logistics, trade and services, digital technology industry, information technology, and innovation.
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