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. Air Astana would weigh plans for the new route as well as more flights between Almaty and HCMC by the end of this year, as Hanoi is a great city, Foster told the Daily before the airline hosted a dinner reception for representatives... 

VietJetAir said on Monday it has just added one aircraft to its expanding fleet of Airbus A320s a month before the low-cost airline commences its international service between HCMC and Bangkok. The carrier’s sixth narrow-body aircraft has its front section emblazoned with Vietnam’s official tourism logo and slogan: a stylized five-petal lotus accompanied by ‘Vietnam – Timeless Charm’... 

Vietnam International Bank (VIB) on Friday signed a credit agreement with Vietnam Airlines, offering the national air carrier a loan of US$48 million to purchase an Airbus A321 to expand its fleet. This deal is seen as a landmark in the cooperation between the two sides. The loan has a term of ten years, which is the first-ever long-term credit offered by the local commercial bank to Vietnam Airlines,... 

* VietJetAir offers discounts for night flights Emirates has operated its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Dubai-HCMC route to increase passenger capacity by almost 50% nearly five months after the airline flew to this economic hub of Vietnam. Emirates Airline commenced its daily, non-stop service between Dubai and HCMC in early June with an Airbus 330-200 configured with 27 Business- and 251 Economy-class... 

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on Wednesday received one more Airbus A320 aircraft at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, taking to four the total number of its Airbus A320 fleet. According to a statement released by Jetstar Pacific, the airplane manufactured by Airbus Group was transferred by the U.S.’s Aviation Capital Group Corporation. The carrier in August also took an Airbus A320 and expects... 

Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company (VALC) has taken delivery of a second A321-200 as part of its project worth US$600 million to acquire 10 such airplanes for lease to Vietnam Airlines. As scheduled, the aircraft took off from Hamburg on Thursday, for a ferry flight via Baku, New Deli and is expected to arrive at Noi Bai International Airport tomorrow, the company said in a statement. It will then... 

Vietnam’s low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines said on Wednesday it will operate a fleet of all Airbus A320 aircraft from early next year as outlined in its development plan to gradually replace Boeing B737-400s and expand services domestically and internationally. Jetstar Pacific took delivery of a new Airbus A320 plane on Wednesday to bring the number of aircraft of this type to three. The country’s... 

European aerospace giant EADS plans to save 350 million euros ($461 million) by year-end by reorganising the group, its chief executive Louis Gallois said in an interview published on Saturday. “We will have from now the same process within the group — in personnel administration, purchasing, information technology and finances,” he told the economic weekly Wirtschaftswoche. “We... 

A consortium consisting of three foreign banks on Monday cut a deal with Vietnam Airlines to provide loans for the purchase of eight Airbus A321-231s from France-based plane manufacturer Airbus. The total loan package supplied by Citibank, DBS and HSBC is US$457 million, including an Export Credit Agency facility of US$400 million, says a statement of Vietnam Airlines. The US$400-million loan is arranged... 

US aerospace giant Boeing’s newest and biggest jumbo jet, the 747-8 Intercontinental, made its maiden flight Sunday, watched closely by aviation fans and European rival Airbus. The new version of the classic double-decker 747 took off into nearly cloudless skies at 9:58 am (16:58 GMT) from the Paine Field airport near Boeing’s Seattle headquarters, watched by thousands of workers and guests. The...