Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

HCMC - Air Astana will explore the possibility of flying to Vietnamese capital Hanoi after the Kazakhstan airline launched service to HCMC, the carrier’s President Peter Foster said.

If this happens, this would be the second private airline which has to stop providing commercial flights in Vietnam. The first one was Indochina Airlines which had to stop flying just after one year of taking off.

Analysts now bet on the fate of Air Mekong after hearing that the private airline cannot pay for fuel. Pacific Airlines still has reported loss for the last five consecutive year of operation.

Phu Quoc Island in southwest Vietnam has seen a 60% surge in seat capacity since the opening of a new airport in Dec-2012.

HCMC – A charter flight operated by Orient Air on Wednesday brought over 370 tourists from Moscow to Khanh Hoa Province, and there will be a charter flight on this route every ten days towards next year-end.

BANGKOK - Lao Airlines last week launched a three weekly service to Danang in central Vietnam, the first link from the landlocked nation to the seaside resorts of Danang and Hoi An.

Vietnam Air Petrol Company (Vinapco), a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, has been prosecuted for smuggling and tax evasion worth billions of dong.

Vietnam Airlines’ first flight carrying 143 passengers landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 2.

Many International Airlines have rapidly penetrated and reinforced their presences inVietnam’s market.

Low-cost carrier VietJetAir is celebrating the expansion of its domestic network with a huge sale of 100,000 tickets for VND10,000 (US 50 cents) each.

India’s Jet Airways is studying the Vietnamese market in preparation for starting an air route connecting HCM City with Mumbai in the near future.

Tourist traffic between Sri Lanka and Vietnam could be boosted with direct air links which can cut travel time and ticket costs helping make the destination competitive, officials said.

An inaugural flight ceremony was held yesterday at the Macau International Airport to commemorate the first Macau - Da Nang flight of Vietnam Airlines, now providing two flights a week by the 184-seat Airbus 321 aircraft.

Poland-based LOT Polish Airlines will stop offering flights connecting Warsaw and Hanoi as of March 25, after less than two years in service, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

Air Mekong will launch direct service between Hanoi and Con Dao in summer to meet air travel demand of tourists from the capital city and neighbouring provinces to the historical island off the country's southern coast.