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,... 

HCMC – Air France has put to service a new-version Boeing 777-300ER equipped with one more business-class cabin and new in-flight products, including an entertainment system for its non-stop flights between Paris and HCMC. The latest version of the Boeing 777-300ER was configured with 42 Business seats, 24 Premium Voyageur seats and 317 Voyageur seats. The new Premium Voyageur is positioned... 

HCMC – Vietnam Airlines Corp. has estimated its 2010 revenue will surpass VND36.2 trillion (US$1.86 billion), a whopping increase of 47.3% from last year, and pre-tax profit will exceed VND350 billion (US$18 million), up 130% year-on-year. The State-owned corporation released the figures at a ceremony organized at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Thursday to welcome the 12 millionth passenger.... 

HCMC – Vietnam Airlines will welcome the 12 millionth passenger at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi next week, thus fulfilling its annual target for this year days earlier, said the southern regional office of the national flag carrier. The target for around 12 million passengers this year was announced by Duong Tri Thanh, deputy general director of Vietnam Airlines, at a function organized in HCMC in July... 

HCMC – Vietnam’s Air Mekong looks set to launch its maiden domestic flights before October 10 this year, which is the date earlier scheduled for the private carrier’s maiden flight. Truong Thanh Vu, director of commercial service, said the airline’s crew staff of over 40 foreign pilots had arrived in Vietnam and that the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) had granted the carrier...