Jetstar Pacific launches Quang Binh-Hai Phong service
Jetstar Pacific commenced its low-cost service between the central province of Quang Binh and the northern port city of Hai Phong on April 29, offering more choices for passengers in the north central and northern coastal regions.
Quang Binh (VNA) – Jetstar Pacificcommenced its low-cost service between the central province of Quang Binh andthe northern port city of Hai Phong on April 29, offering more choices forpassengers in the north central and northern coastal regions.
Before the inauguration started, the firstflight between Hai Phong’s Cat Bi and Quang Binh’s Dong Hoi had landed at DongHoi airport.
This is the first time that Quang Binh and HaiPhong have set up an air route with low-cost services to meet the travellingdemand of people between the two regions.
The carrier will conduct three round-tripflights a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday using 180-seat Airbus 320aircraft.
The flights from Hai Phong will depart at 17:35while the return leg will take off at 19:10.
The total flight duration will be one hour.
Quang Binh is scheduled to coordinate withJetstar Pacific to launch an air route to Chiang Mai (Thailand) in June 2017, whichwill be the first direct route between Vietnam and Chiang Mai.-VNA
Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on January 6 officially launched an air route linking the capital city of Hanoi with Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
Low-budget carrier Jetstar Pacific announced on January 18 that it will launch a new route between the central city of Da Nang and Hong Kong (China) using Airbus A320s aircraft.
Jetstar Pacific has struck a long-term deal with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance under which the latter will provide component support for the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet.
The 180-seat Airbus A320 of Jetstar Pacific en route from Da Nang landed in Hong Kong (China) on March 27, marking a new connection between the central resort city and the Chinese territory.
Travel from the northern port city of Hai Phong and Dong Hoi in central Quang Binh province will become much easier when the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacfic launch its flight on the route from April 29.
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