Vietnam Airlines increases cargo transport to ensure trade
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has committed to intensifying the operation of freight flights, both domestically and internationally, amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanoi (VNA) – The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines hascommitted to intensifying the operation of freight flights, both domesticallyand internationally, amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
From March 12-31, it has conducted 45 freight flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City toJapan, the Republic of Korea, China, Hong Kong (China), Singapore, Malaysia andThailand.
Cargo flights, usingBoeing 787-9 and Airbus A350, carry about 20-25 tonnes of goods each way. They arethe first all-cargo flights by Vietnam Airlines, with no passengers and flightattendants. Pilots are equipped with necessary protective gear and the cargohold is disinfected immediately after each flight.
Apart fromcommodities serving socio-economic activities, the carrier’s flights have alsotransported products to serve the COVID-19 fight such as medical face masks,protective gear, and medical equipment. Recently, it supported the free shipping ofmore than 3 tonnes of protective gear and face masks of Cho Ray Hospital fromHo Chi Minh City to Hanoi and transported 10 ventilators funded by the TemasekFoundation from Singapore to Vietnam.
Freight flights arethe national flag carrier’s efforts to ensure trade, maintain production andbusiness, especially in import-export activities, thus improving the social life ofworkers in big factories and industrial zones and joining hands with the Governmentin the pandemic fight.
In April, it plansto conduct around 150 domestic cargo flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cityand from Nha Trang and Can Tho to Hanoi, and over 130 international flights toJapan, the Republic of Korea, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, the UK,France, Germany, Russia and Australia./.
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Vietnam Airlines aircraft (Source: VNA) 
