Vietnam Airlines to buy 30 Airbus
Prahok @ December 21, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Reuters reports that Vietnam Airlines on Thursday said it would sign a contract to buy 10 Airbus A350-900XWB passenger jets and 20 single-aisle A321 jets on Friday. “This is part of the agreement reached earlier,” an official of Vietnam Airlines said. In early October, the airline signed a draft agreement to buy the 30 Airbus […]
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Vietnam Airlines buys more aircrafts
Prahok @ December 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Thanh Nien News reports that Vietnam Airlines said Thursday it would buy five more ATR 72-500 to operate its short-haul local and international flights. Vietnam Airlines chairman, Nguyen Sy Hung, said the local market for air transportation was rising with passengers travelling between Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Da Lat, and […]
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Mandarin Airlines code-shares with Vietnam Airlines
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
AFP reports that Mandarin Airlines said Monday it began code sharing services with Vietnam Airlines in the Kaohsiung-Ho Chi Minh City route over the weekend. Currently Mandarin Airlines provides five flights a week for the service while its partner has seven flights.
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Vietnam Airlines expands, creates leasing Co
Prahok @ November 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Press reports that Vietnam plans to buy 12 Boeing 787s. Vietnam Airlines will purchase four of the planes and a new joint stock company called Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Co. will purchase eight, company officials announced at a press conference Friday. Vietnam Airlines and Boeing declined to disclose the price of their deal. VALC issued […]
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