Vietstar to invest in Tuy Hoa airport revamp

Viet Nam's Vietravel Airlines secures PM approval

Vietstar Airlines lays claim to HCMC terminal investment

Viet Nam's Bamboo Airways targets Australia

Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Melbourne Tullamarine Airport on November 26 to operate direct B787-9 flights from Hanoi to the Australian city, its first such confirmed destination in Oceania.

At the MoU signing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, said that there were nearly half a million Vietnamese in Australia but only a few direct services between the two countries. The 4,155-nautical mile (7,694 kilometre) route is a precursor to starting further non-stop services to other Australian destinations, Dung added.

According to Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) data, around 259,000 passengers flew on Vietnam Airlines' and Jetstar Pacific's direct services between Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne last year. Referring to this week's schedules in the ch-aviation schedules module, the Vietnamese national carrier flies a daily A350-900 service between the two cities, while the low-cost carrier offers a 3x weekly B787-8 operation.

Bamboo Airways was established in July as Vietnam’s fifth airline and currently operates around 30...

Vietstar Airlines signs LOI for Indonesia-built CN-212i