Vietnam Airlines launches Hanoi-Melbourne direct route
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on June 15 officially launched a direct route between Hanoi and Melbourne of Australia, with two round-trip flights per week on Thursdays and Sundays.
Sydney (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on June 15 officiallylaunched a direct route between Hanoi and Melbourne of Australia, with tworound-trip flights per week on Thursdays and Sundays.
Accordingly, the first flight departed from Hanoi in theearly morning, and arrived in Melbourne in the afternoon, after nine hours. Theplane then returned from the second biggest city of Australia at 3pm (Melbournetime) and will land in the capital of Vietnam at 9:35pm (Vietnam time) the sameday.
Deputy Ambassador of Vietnam to Australia Tran Le Phuongexpressed his delight at the opening of the direct air route, considering it asignificant event in 2023 when the two countries are celebrating the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties.
In the context of increasing travel demand between the twosides, the opening of the Hanoi - Melbourne route helps to further facilitatetravel between the two cities in particular and the two countries in general,contributing to promoting bilateral exchanges and cooperation.
Nguyen Huu Tung, Chief Representative of Vietnam Airlines inAustralia, said that in November, the airline will increase the frequency tothree flights per week, and is considering the opening of more routes to Perthof West Australia state and the Northern Territory’s Darwin, and a route fromHo Chi Minh City to Queensland state’s Brisbane.
Delegates cut the ribbon to launch the Hanoi-Melbourne direct route. (Photo: VNA)
With the new route opening, Vietnam Airlines is operatingthe largest number of direct air routes with the highest frequency betweenVietnam and Australia – four routes with 18 flights per week connecting Hanoiand Ho Chi Minh City with Sydney and Melbourne.
In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Australiawas the 12th biggest aviation market of Vietnam with nearly 900,000 passengers,over 400,000 of whom were served by Vietnam Airlines.
Last year, though some regional and international marketsdid not fully recover yet, Australia ranked eighth among the sources ofinternational air passengers of Vietnam.
The country is now at the fourth place among the mostimportant markets of Vietnam Airlines, according to the carrier./.
Vietnam Airlines will officially launch a direct route between Hanoi and Melbourne of Australia on June 15, with two round-trip flights per week on Thursdays and Sundays.
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Vietnam Airlines aircraft (Photo: Vietnam Airlines) 
Delegates cut the ribbon to launch the Hanoi-Melbourne direct route. (Photo: VNA) 
