Vietnam Airlines increases flights to serve APEC activities
Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will operate nearly 110 additional flights with over 20,000 seats from Oct 5 to Nov 13 on Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang routes to serve activities of the APEC Year 2017.
Hanoi (VNA) – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announcedthat it will operate nearly 110 additional flights with over 20,000 seats fromOctober 5 to November 13 on Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang routes to serve activitiesof the APEC Year 2017 that Vietnam is hosting.
Accordingly, theHanoi-Da Nang route sees 64 flights, an average 4,800 seats per day, while theHo Chi Minh City-Da Nang route has 44 flights, an average of 6,000 seats perday.
Between November 6-11when Da Nang hosts the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, the airline, the specialpartner and official carrier of APEC 2017, will run over 50 flights a day, orone flight every 30 minutes, on the Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang routes.
The plan aims to servethe travel demand of delegates from 21 APEC economies as well as visitors to DaNang for sidelines activities and staff serving the event’s organisation.
Duong Tri Thanh,General Director of Vietnam Airlines, said that by offering a readiness intime-table, technical maintenance and crew, the company will do its utmost toserve the rush period during the APEC event, as well as keep stabilising itsnormal schedule to serve passengers.-VNA
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