Helicopter-used air route to connect Vung Tau and Con Dao
An air route using helicopters to connect Vung Tau city and Con Dao district of the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau will be launched on April 26.
Hanoi (VNA) - An airroute using helicopters to connect Vung Tau city and Con Dao island district of thesouthern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau will be launched on April 26.
Run by the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company using Russian-made Mi-17-1V andMi-172 helicopters, round-trip flights will takeoff on Friday and Sunday with flight duration of one hour.
The flight fromVung Tau airport will depart at 13:30, while the return flight will leave ConDao at 15:30.
The price for aone-way ticket is 2.2 million VND (94.5 USD).
The air route is expected to help promotetourism development in Ba Ria- Vung Tau.-VNA
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