Vietnam Airlines named among TripAdvisor list of best Asian airlines
Vietnam Airlines has been selected as one of the global TripAdvisor community's favourite airlines along with other 4- and 5-star airlines of Asia such as Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and EVA Air.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Airlineshas been selected as one of the global TripAdvisor community's favouriteairlines along with other 4- and 5-starairlines of Asia such as Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific,and EVA Air.
The world’s biggest travel websiteannounced the list of its Travelers’ Choice Major Airlines – Asia 2018 on April9, which is an annual prestigious award that TripAdvisor set up basing on thequantity and quality of passengers’ reviews and ratings for airlines worldwidein 12 months.
The traveler community on TripAdvisorevaluated airlines basing on eight criteria, namely customer service, seatcomfort, legroom, cleanliness, food and drink, flight procedures,entertainment, and value matching cost.
“Greatservice, comfortable lie flat beds. Good food with great choices, clean toilet.Smoothest landing ever! We also flew with them from Yangon to Hanoi and back toParis, same good experiences…,” a passenger fromLyon (France) reviewed the Business Class of Vietnam Airlines for theParis-Hanoi flight.
Another passenger from Melbourne(Australia) reviewed the Premium Economy Class of Vietnam Airlines:“Upgraded and were extremely happy with theservice, gave us priority boarding and luggage collection, which was great.More leg room and bigger seats. Well worth the extra cost. Friendly staff, thefood, well it’s airline food, what more you can say.”
With a widespread flight network featuringmore than 90 air routes to destinations in Vietnam and around the world,Vietnam Airlines – the national flag career of Vietnam - is one of the keyairlines of Vietnam and the region. It owns a fleet of nearly 100 aircraft,many of them are the latest wide-body planes like Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350,bringing exceptional comfort to customers. Vietnam Airlines’ service qualitywas rated four stars by SkyTrax – a prestigious airline rating organization ofthe UK – in two consecutive years. The airline is also highly evaluated byinternational passengers for cultural identity shown in each flight. It wasnamed the World’s Leading Cultural Airline in 2017 by the World Travel Awards.-VNA
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