Hanoi,May 7 (VNA) – The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) received the 11th Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the last of its 787-9 Dreamliner order with Boeing, onMay 6, at Noi Bai International Airport.
Theplane was put into use on May 7 on the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route.
VietnamAirlines Deputy Director General Le Hong Ha said that the 11 “dream liners”will help the carrier provide four-star services for passengers.
DineshKeskar, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and India Sales for BoeingCommercial Airplanes, said that with the 11th Boeing 787-9, VNA isamong the airlines with the biggest 787 fleets in the Asia-Pacific region,which affirms its commitment to becoming a leading carrier in the region.
VietnamAirlines received its first Dreamliner in July 2015. Besides the domestic routebetween Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the Boeing 787-9s are being used forinternational flights from Hanoi and HCM City to London (the UK), Frankfurt(Germany), Narita (Japan), Beijing (China), and Sydney and Melbourne(Australia).
FromMay 13 to June 30, it will use the aircraft on its flights between Hanoi andSingapore to meet high travel demand during the summer peak.
Asof now, the fleet of Boeing 787s has flown 11,400 flights with more than 60,700flying hours, transporting 2.13 million passengers.
Thecarrier will receive eight 787-10 Dreamliners in the following years.-VNA
Theplane was put into use on May 7 on the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route.
VietnamAirlines Deputy Director General Le Hong Ha said that the 11 “dream liners”will help the carrier provide four-star services for passengers.
DineshKeskar, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and India Sales for BoeingCommercial Airplanes, said that with the 11th Boeing 787-9, VNA isamong the airlines with the biggest 787 fleets in the Asia-Pacific region,which affirms its commitment to becoming a leading carrier in the region.
VietnamAirlines received its first Dreamliner in July 2015. Besides the domestic routebetween Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the Boeing 787-9s are being used forinternational flights from Hanoi and HCM City to London (the UK), Frankfurt(Germany), Narita (Japan), Beijing (China), and Sydney and Melbourne(Australia).
FromMay 13 to June 30, it will use the aircraft on its flights between Hanoi andSingapore to meet high travel demand during the summer peak.
Asof now, the fleet of Boeing 787s has flown 11,400 flights with more than 60,700flying hours, transporting 2.13 million passengers.
Thecarrier will receive eight 787-10 Dreamliners in the following years.-VNA
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