PANO - Mekong Aviation Joint Stock Commany (Air Mekong), on Oct 8th, held a ceremony to receive the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration, and launch flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city to Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta Kien Giang Province.

Established in October 2008, with Ha Long Investment and Development Company (BIM) and the US-based Sky West as its owners, Air Mekong currently has a fleet of four Bombardier CRJ 900 airplanes that can carry 90 passengers each and land at most airports in Vietnam .

The airline also opened eight flights from Hanoi to Phu Quoc, Con Dao, HCMC as well as from HCMC to Buon Me Thuot, Da Lat, Pleiku as of Oct 9th, and planned to increase to 10 air routes from Novermber this year.

Translated by Vu Hung