A Vietnam Airlines flight with 170 passengers on board departing from San Francisco, the US, arrives at Da Nang International Airport on December 1. (Photo: VNA) The flight was on the San Francisco-Ho Chi Minh City route but it was required by authorities to land at the Da Nang International Airport to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.
This was the first regular direct flight from the US toVietnam operated by a Vietnamese airline. Vietnam Airlines is now the onlyVietnamese carrier providing direct service between the two countries.
According to the national flag carrier, the non-stop flightcoded VN99 took off from San Francisco International Airport at 11:28pm onNovember 29 (local time) and landed in the central city of Da Nang at 6:03am onDecember 1 (Vietnam time).
Vietnam Airlines is the only Vietnamese carrier providing direct service between the two countries. (Photo: VN)
It took 15 hours 35 minutes for the flight to complete the14,000km journey from San Francisco to Da Nang. It is about 3 – 10 hoursshorter than it usually takes for transit flights.
Mark Chandler, Director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Officeof International Trade and Commerce, said he hopes the regular flight will rampup trade and educational activities between the two countries and serve as abridge for Vietnamese visitors to the US and vice versa.
Vietnam Airlines is operating two regular direct flightseach week between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco and plans to increase thefrequency to seven flights a week once the pandemic is under control.
All flights between Vietnam and the US are carried out byVietnam Airlines' most modern wide-body airplane Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Vietnam's aviation industry and Vietnam Airlines haveprepared for 20 years to open a regular direct air route to the US. The scheme wasofficially completed on November 4 this year after the national flag carrierofficially received a permit from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)to operate non-stop commercial flight service between the two countries./.
This was the first regular direct flight from the US toVietnam operated by a Vietnamese airline. Vietnam Airlines is now the onlyVietnamese carrier providing direct service between the two countries.
According to the national flag carrier, the non-stop flightcoded VN99 took off from San Francisco International Airport at 11:28pm onNovember 29 (local time) and landed in the central city of Da Nang at 6:03am onDecember 1 (Vietnam time).
Vietnam Airlines is the only Vietnamese carrier providing direct service between the two countries. (Photo: VN)Mark Chandler, Director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Officeof International Trade and Commerce, said he hopes the regular flight will rampup trade and educational activities between the two countries and serve as abridge for Vietnamese visitors to the US and vice versa.
Vietnam Airlines is operating two regular direct flightseach week between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco and plans to increase thefrequency to seven flights a week once the pandemic is under control.
All flights between Vietnam and the US are carried out byVietnam Airlines' most modern wide-body airplane Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Vietnam's aviation industry and Vietnam Airlines haveprepared for 20 years to open a regular direct air route to the US. The scheme wasofficially completed on November 4 this year after the national flag carrierofficially received a permit from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)to operate non-stop commercial flight service between the two countries./.
VNA
