Vietnam Airlines Corp.'s revenue may rise 31 percent this year as the state-owned carrier expands its fleet of aircraft and network of destinations. Sales may increase to VND32.24 trillion ($1.7 billion) in 2010 from VND24.62 trillion last year, Hanoi-based Vietnam Airlines said in a press release Thursday. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines’ revenue may rise 31 percent this year
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Vietnam Airlines to fly round-the-clock during Tet holidays
PANO – A spokesman of the Vietnam Airlines, Le Hoang Dung, on January 9th, announced the additional schedule on domestic flights to serve passengers in the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. Accordingly, the national flag-carrier plans to carry out more night flights in rush hours during the festival and the earliest and latest flights will depart at 5:30am and 11:30pm, respectively. Especially, from January 14 to 22 and January 24th to February 6th, the airline’s flights on major routes will conduct the whole day. On January 21st, Vietnam Airlines will provide 111 flights on local main routes, including 44 on route HCMC-Hanoi and 22 on route HCMC-Da Nang (up to 24 and 12 flights against normal days, respectively). After the Tet, on January 28th, it also offers 112 flights, including 39 from Hanoi to HCMC and 26 from Da Nang to HCMC. Besides, between January 26th and February 5th, passengers on domestic flights departing from 10:00pm to 12:00pm will do check-in at the … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines to fly round-the-clock during Tet holidays
Vietnam Airlines moves to join SkyTeam alliance
Vietnam Airlines moves to join SkyTeam alliance By Mong Binh and Thanh Trung - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC, HANOI - Vietnam Airlines signed an agreement with SkyTeam on Wednesday in a move to join the global airline alliance, probably next year, enabling the national flag carrier to fly to more markets and provide more benefits to passengers. Pham Ngoc Minh, general director of Vietnam Airlines, described the agreement the airline signed in Hanoi as important as it was the first step for the carrier to become a full member of SkyTeam, hopefully in 2010. Minh added Vietnam Airlines would be able to provide passengers with thorough services in accordance with international standards of SkyTeam when the airline became a full member of the world's second largest airline alliance after STAR Alliance. Vietnam Airlines said in the statement that it was the only partner airline in Southeast Asia that SkyTeam had chosen to become its member. Speaking to reporters after the signing on … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines moves to join SkyTeam alliance
Vietnam Airlines attempts to bar striking local pilots from working for other carriers
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has requested that aviation authorities block its Vietnamese pilots from working for other airlines after they showed signs of a collective slowdown to protest low salaries. VNA is also urging the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and the Ministry of Transport to intervene in the hiring of other local carriers. The flag carrier said its pilots reported sick 117 times between December 30 and January 4. The phenomenon can be considered a collective slowdown, according to VNA’s Resolution No. 09 dating back to January 6, 2014 and signed by Pham Viet Thanh, chairman of its board of directors. The issue began in October 2014 with dozens of pilots under the 919 Flight Crew Division filing resignation letters. This disturbed VNA’s flight schedule, and even threatened flight safety, according to VNA reports sent to state agencies as well as the media. So the board members of VNA recommended that state agencies only … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines attempts to bar striking local pilots from working for other carriers