Hanoi (VNA) – VietnamAirlines is planning to resume regular international flights linking Vietnamwith 15 countries and territories in the first half of 2022.
The resumption will becarried out in two phases and depend on relevant agencies’ approval.
In the first phase, scheduledto begin on January 1 next year and last for about two weeks, the national flagcarrier will conduct round-trip flights between Vietnam and the US, Japan, theRepublic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Singapore, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Each route will have one to four flights per week, and the frequency will gradually increase basing on passengers’demand and anti-pandemic requirements.
Meanwhile, the firm is set toreopen air routes connecting the country with the UK, France, Germany, Russia,Australia, Hong Kong (China), and Malaysia in the second phase.
Telling an online discussionon December 23, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration ofTourism Nguyen Trung Khanh said if the country lags behind in the resumption ofinternational flights, it will lose chances for not only attracting touristsbut also recovering other sectors, including the aviation industry.
He noted that over the lastnearly two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused extremely negative impact onevery aspect, with tourism and aviation are among the first to be hit hard. Thesetwo sectors are forecast to continue facing numerous difficulties in the timeahead.
The reopening of commercialinternational flights is an urgent need, especially in the year-end period whenpeople, especially overseas Vietnamese, have high demand for returning to thehomeland, the official added./.
Economic and transportation experts have agreed that it is high time for Vietnam to reopen international flight routes, and have given their suggestions on how the international flights should be managed post-pandemic, at a webinar on November 10.
The operation of flights must be done strictly for right people and in line with Vietnam’s medical requirements for people entering the nation, said Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang while informing the press on the resumption of international flights and the recognition of vaccine passports.
Regular international flights from/to Vietnam will be resumed in two phases, with air travel with nine foreign destinations to be available again in the first phase and fifteen in the second phase, according to the latest scenario developed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Only Japan has officially agreed with Vietnam’s plan to resume regular international flights starting next year with four flights a week, the Civil Aviation Authority said on December 23.
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