August 26, 2017 | 20:31 (GMT+7)
Vietjet announces Hanoi-Yangon route
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air officially announced its new route connecting Hanoi with Yangon, the renowned tourism city of Myanmar, at a ceremony in Yangon on August 26 on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s state visit to the country.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air officially announced its new route connecting Hanoi with Yangon. Photo: vietjetair.com
The route is expected to meet traveling demands between the two countries, making contributions to promoting regional trade and integration.
Vietjet Air will conduct daily round-trip flights on the route with flight duration of nearly two hours. Flights from Hanoi take off at 12:05 and arrive in Yangon at 13:30 (local time). Meanwhile, the return leg leaves Myanmar at 14:30 and touches down in Hanoi at 16:55 (local time).
This is the second Vietjet Air service to Myanmar, following its Ho Chi Minh City-Yangon route.
Currently, the low-cost airline operates over 350 flights per day on 73 routes to domestic and international destinations. Vietjet has flown nearly 40 million passengers so far.
Source: VNA