Moscow (VNA) – Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet Air will
launch direct services between three Vietnamese cities and the Russian capital
city of Moscow from mid-2022, its first-ever direct flights to Europe.
The airline released the plan at a ceremony held in Moscow
on December 2, with the attendance of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc who is on an
official visit to Russia.
Accordingly, the flights will connect Moscow with
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
There will be two flights per week between Hanoi and Moscow every Wednesday and Sunday, starting from July 3. Meanwhile, passengers on
the HCM City-Moscow flights will transit in Hanoi.
The Nha Trang-Moscow flights are set to be conducted
every Monday and Friday as from July 10.
Vietjet’s Managing Director Dinh Viet Phuong said
Vietjet stands ready for international air routes, noting that
the flights to Russia demonstrate the carrier’s commitments to its
products and services.
Vietjet has a comprehensive flight network in Vietnam
and across Asia Pacific. Weathering through the pandemic, the airline has
resumed its domestic flight network and operated a series of international
flights from and to Vietnam while looking to further expand operations across
continents in the near future. Vietjet operates a new, modern, and
fuel-efficient fleet with technical reliability rated among top operators in the
region and the world.
Vietjet is a fully-fledged member of International Air
Transport Association (IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA)
certificate. As Vietnam’s largest private carrier, the airline was awarded the
highest ranking for safety with 7 stars in 2018 and 2019 by the world’s only
safety and product rating website airlineratings.com…