VietJetAir joins air cargo transport marketAnh Quan By Anh Quan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJetAir) last week launched a new subsidiary, VietJetAir Cargo JSC, to provide cargo transport service on its international and domestic routes. The new firm is responsible for goods transport, storage and export-import services. Besides transporting goods on passenger aircraft, the firm will develop its own air freighter fleet for local and foreign services. VietJetAir Cargo will also cooperate with foreign partners to expand and develop its transport network. Do Xuan Quang, general director of VietJetAir Cargo, said though Vietnam has potential for air freight growth, no local air carrier has a separate cargo transport arm. Meanwhile, the market is now the playground for only foreign firms. According to a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), last year saw the volume of cargo transported by air in the country reaching 680,000 … [Read more...] about VietJetAir joins air cargo transport market
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Foreign airlines eager to tap cargo transport market
VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign airlines are eager to open air routes for cargo in VIetnam, while domestic carriers have yet to enter the business.Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi, following its great achievements with a Kuala-Lumpur-HCM City route over the last two years. … [Read more...] about Foreign airlines eager to tap cargo transport market
Jets depart Saigon belly full as Samsung spurs cargo boom
An EVA Airways Corp. Boeing 777 passenger plane stands on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Nov. 5, 2014. EVA Airways, like other airlines, carries cargo in the bellies of passenger planes. The company plans … [Read more...] about Jets depart Saigon belly full as Samsung spurs cargo boom
Only qualified players can survive in aviation market
Only qualified players can survive in aviation market Binh Nguyen Luu Thanh Binh, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said only qualified airlines can survive and fare well in a challenging sector like aviation. Binh provides an insight into Vietnam’s current aviation market and carriers in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily on the sidelines of a two-day conference and exhibition Air Freight Logistics Vietnam 2013 that began in HCMC on Thursday. The SGT Daily: In a market with a population of 90 million like Vietnam, more than five airlines have been licensed since 2007 but only one of them can operate flights now. So, is civil aviation a very tough business in Vietnam? - Luu Thanh Binh: We always expect that an airline will take off, maintain its flight activity and expand services after it is licensed. Currently, VietJetAir is doing its best to fare well. Air Mekong has called off operations since last March for restructuring and … [Read more...] about Only qualified players can survive in aviation market
Vietnam’s cargo shipping paradox
As the exporter of some essential products and a big importer of many materials and equipment, maritime transport is crucial to VietnamâÂÂs economy but 80 percent of its import-export goods are shipped by foreign vessels. According to latest statistics, VietnamâÂÂs export and import revenues reach $52 billion and $61 billion a year. The Ministry of Transport also anticipated that the total volume of goods at Vietnamese seaports will be 498-590 million tones by 2015 and from 870 to 1,083 million tones by 2020, 1580 to 2100 million tones by 2030. Vietnam has sea, ports, sources of goods and a strong shipbuilding industry but up to 80 percent of its import-export volume is shipped by foreign vessels, why? Tran Duc Minh, Chairman of the Vietnam Shippersâ Council, analysed that traders donâÂÂt choose VietnamâÂÂs cargo ships because the crew is small, with poor good maintenance conditions and less competitive prices. While foreign shipping companies have six trips … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s cargo shipping paradox