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Vietnam Airlines to buy 30 Airbus

Prahok — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:54:07 +0000

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 aircraft during a visit to Paris by Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung. The Airbus deals are worth US$3.8b at list prices, including $2.4b for the crucial A350 order where the competition between Boeing and Airbus is at its fiercest.

Vietnam Airlines buys more aircrafts

Prahok — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:23:54 +0000

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 neighbouring cities in Laos and Cambodia. The value of the agreement was not disclosed but the airline said it would receive the first ATR aircraft in January 2009 with the rest delivered by 2011.

Mandarin Airlines code-shares with Vietnam Airlines

Prahok — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:32:10 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

Vietnam Airlines expands, creates leasing Co

Prahok — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:37:26 +0000

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 a release earlier in the day saying it would pay US$1.42b for its eight planes.