Vietjet Air, Vietnam’s largest private carrier, has announced its opening of a route linking Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne of Australia starting March 31.
At the signing ceremony serving the opening of the route. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietjet Air, Vietnam’s largestprivate carrier, has announced its opening of a route linking Ho Chi Minh Cityto Melbourne of Australia starting March 31.
At first, there will be three flights per week using Airbus wide-bodyaircraft A330, and this will be raised to seven per week from December 2024.
These flights are set to take off from the Vietnamesesouthern metropolis at 9:50am (local time) and land at the Melbourne airport at 10:35pm (local time) every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
From Melbourne – the capital and most populous city of the stateof Victoria, Vietjet aircraft will depart at 0:30 am (local time) to reach HCMCity at 5:15am every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Tim Pallas, Minister for Trade and Investment of Victoria,said the arrival of another airline from Southeast Asia is a win for theVictorian economy and local jobs, as well as a reflection of the state’sstrength in tourism and export.
In 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 123,000Vietnamese visited Australia. The nations’ bilateral trade hit 12.4 billion USDlast year, the highest ever to date./.
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At the signing ceremony serving the opening of the route. (Photo: VNA) 
