Bamboo airways

Currently, Vietnam Airlines and VASCO have 850 Vietnamese pilots and 106 foreigners.  Meanwhile, around 60 Vietnamese pilots and 145 foreign pilots work for Jetstar Pacific.  Bamboo Airways also confirmed that all the foreign pilots of the airline do not hold Pakistani passport or certificates and licenses issued by Pakistani authorities.  Most of Bamboo Airways’s foreign pilots come from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, etc.   … [Read more...] about No Pakistani pilots work for Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways

Currently, Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, is the only airline operating regular flights to the islands from Ho Chi Minh City and the southern city of Can Tho using the ATR 72 short-haul aircraft that could carry up to 78 passengers. … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways banks on Con Dao Island flights

The report on the operation of flights on time (OTP) as well as delayed and cancelled flights across Vietnam in H1 showed that in the period, Bamboo Airways has a punctuality rate of 95.6 percent, higher than the overall rate of the whole industry of 89.8 percent. It was followed by Vasco with 4,299 punctual flights out of a total of 4,560 flights made in 2020, reaching a rate of 94.3 percent.  The third and fourth places are Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air with average OTP rates in the first six months of 2020 at 91.9 percent and 86.6 percent, respectively.  Jetstar Pacific was bottom of the list with an average OTP rate of 83 percent, equivalent to 6,141 punctual flights out of a total of 7,401 flights. According to the CCA, 55.6 percent of the delayed and cancelled flights was due to late flights, 31.8 percent was from the airlines and 6.3 percent was due to equipment and services at the port./. … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways leads local airlines in punctuality in H1

The airline is also aiming for 30 per cent market share by the end of the year, increasing the amount of flights on a number of domestic routes connecting Ha Noi/HCM City/Da Nang with Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Quy Nhon, Da Lat, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Ha Phong, Thanh Hoa, Quy Nhon and Vinh. … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways repatriate more than 200 Vietnamese citizens

Hanoi (VNA) – Budget carrier Bamboo Airways on June 28 affirmed that it is not currently employing any Pakistani pilots or those using licenses granted by Pakistan. Foreign pilots working for the airline are mainly from the UK, France, Germany, Brazil and Mexico, it said. Earlier the same day, Vietnam Airlines Group, including Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), announced that foreign pilots working for them are not Pakistani nationals or use licenses granted by Pakistan. The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has suspended nearly 20 Pakistani pilots working for Vietnamese airlines after Pakistan discovered 262 local pilots using fake licenses. The administrations is waiting for the review results from the Pakistani aviation authorities to determine if the pilots have used fake licenses, CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang said, adding that the suspension will be removed if Vietnamese aviation authorities' review proves their … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways affirms no employment of Pakistani pilots