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 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... 

* U.S. said in September it had removed subsidies to Boeing * EU says Boeing unfairly assisted by government research deals Oct 11 (Reuters) – The European Union accused the United States on Thursday of ignoring a World Trade Organisation ruling to stop subsidies to planemaker Boeing and asked the Geneva-based body to investigate, prolonging the world’s largest trade dispute. The United... 

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... 

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner flew into Tokyo from Seattle Sunday for test flights as All Nippon Airways prepares to become the world’s first airline to deploy the new fuel-efficient long-haul jet. The wide-bodied twin-engine plane touched down at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 6:20 am on a maiden flight to Asia as its arrival was broadcast live online and crowds of aircraft enthusiasts gathered... 

Vietnam Airlines has set December 8 as the launch date of its direct flights to the United Kingdom, a fourth gateway in Europe that the national flagship carrier has chosen in its network expansion for the international market. Vietnam Airlines told the Daily on Tuesday that the non-stop flights would be operated from both HCMC and Hanoi to Gatwick, said by the carrier as London’s second busiest... 

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... 

Nikkiso Vietnam, Inc., (NVI) has shipped its first set of GE blocker doors to Spirit AeroSystems, marking a milestone achievement for the company. The blocker door is a key component on Boeing 777 airplane engines. The blocker door parts, which are made of composites, are delivered to the nacelle manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems. They will be installed on the GE115and shipped to Boeing Commercial Airplanes... 

Vietnam Airlines’ long-awaited direct air service to the United Kingdom will hopefully commence this fall as a result of recent successful discussions among officials from the UK Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Department of Vietnam. The British embassy in Hanoi has high expectations about non-stop flights between Vietnam’s two largest cities, HCMC and Hanoi, and London,... 

A conference on the plan to open a direct flight route between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City to London was jointly held by the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, and the Vietnamese Embassy in London on April 19. Vietnam Airlines President and CEO Pham Ngoc Minh mentioned the fast growth in both countries’ relations in recent years and the UK, one of Vietnam’s leading trade partners in the European...