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CAAV announces four new domestic routes By Mong Binh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has publicized four new domestic air routes that have been adjusted to make them shorter in a move to help airlines cut operating costs in this challenging time. The adjusted routes will be ready on July 2, CAAV general director Pham Quy Tieu said at a conference organized in Hanoi on Wednesday to introduce the new air links and changes to air operations. CAAV has adjusted six current other domestic routes for international flights, including those between Vinh and Danang, Phu Cat and Can Tho, An Loc and Cam Ranh, Tan Son Nhat and Can Tho, and Noi Bai and Na San. The Vietnam News Agency quoted Bui Van Vo, director of CAAV's Air Operation Department, as saying that the new and adjusted routes would help airlines reduce flying time by at least three minutes per flight. Vietnam Airlines and its subsidiary Vietnam Air Service Co. (VASCO), Jetstar Pacific … [Read more...] about CAAV announces four new domestic routes

By Binh Nguyen - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has pledged favorable conditions for European airlines to launch services to Vietnam, especially those from European Union (EU) member states. Vo Huy Cuong, director of CAAV’s Air Transport Department, said the aviation authority was implementing policies to open the market to European carriers with an aim to strengthen aviation cooperation between the EU and Vietnam. “We welcome all qualified airlines (from the EU) to Vietnam,” Cuong told the Daily after the EU and Vietnamese authorities renewed an aviation agreement earlier this month to remove nationality restrictions in the bilateral air services agreements between EU member states and Vietnam. “The agreement will allow any EU airline to operate flights between any EU member state and Vietnam, where a bilateral agreement exists and traffic rights are available,” the European Commission (EC) announced … [Read more...] about CAAV says will welcome European airlines

CAAV seeks to deal with Jetstar logo use in Jetstar Pacific By Mong Binh - The Saigon Times Group HCMC - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) is waiting for guidelines in dealing with Jetstar Pacific's use of the Jetstar logo for its own commercial activities in Vietnam as this is against the country's regulations as claimed by the authority. Jetstar Pacific is advertising its services like the advertisement for services of Jetstar Airways, says the document. The ministry will look through this document before reporting the case to the Prime Minister. Thanh told the Daily on Sunday that such advertisements caused people in Vietnam to misunderstand the Australian Jetstar Airways with the Vietnamese one. Jetstar Pacific advocates its rights to use the Jetstar brand for its services in Vietnam in compliance with the agreements it signed with the Qantas Group's airline and its registration with the Intellectual Property Bureau and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The … [Read more...] about CAAV seeks to deal with Jetstar logo use in Jetstar Pacific

CAAV to inspect financial capability of Indochina Air By Mong Binh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) plans to look into the financial capability of Indochina Airlines next week and will withdraw its traffic right if this first operational private airline in Vietnam fails requirements. CAAV submitted the proposal to the minister last month after the airline suspended two daily flights between HCMC and Hanoi, returned its only Boeing B737-800 to the aircraft leasing firm in Europe and was unable to show a sound plan to settle accumulated debts of over VND30 billion. Indochina Airlines has sent a report to CAAV on how to mobilize funds for flights from December 15 and beyond. The airline said in the report that it would be able to find US$22 million to sustain its services, Cuong confirmed to the Daily. The airline has petitioned CAAV to grant it a new flight schedule for eight flights from HCMC to Hanoi and Danang, and vice versa, as … [Read more...] about CAAV to inspect financial capability of Indochina Air

CAAV approves flight schedule for Air Mekong By Binh Nguyen - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has given approval to Air Mekong to operate flights on 10 air routes within Vietnam from October 9. CAAV’s deputy director general Lai Xuan Thanh told the Daily on Monday that Air Mekong got the ticket to fly between HCMC and Hanoi, and from these two biggest cities to other destinations in many different parts of Vietnam. With the aviation authority’s approval, Air Mekong will have more than 30 daily domestic flights from HCMC and Hanoi to Danang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Dalat as well as from HCMC to Con Dao, Buon Ma Thuot and other destinations, and vice versa. Air Mekong plans to call a press conference in Hanoi later this week to detail its air routes as well as commercial policy for air tickets before commencing its services in October, a time that domestic demand for air travel starts to pick up. Air Mekong has reported to … [Read more...] about CAAV approves flight schedule for Air Mekong