VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines continues to be a traditional airline which provides full-service flights, but it will cooperate with Jetstar Pacific to exploit the lower-end market. Vietjet Air targets a hybrid model between traditional and low-cost airlines. The domestic market shares held by Vietnam's airlines Vietnam Airlines, the nation’s flag air carrier, has been expanding air routes to the biggest finance centers in the world. Meanwhile, Jetstar Pacific, where Vietnam Airlines holds a 70 percent stake, has been trying to expand domestic flights and flights to the region. While Vietnam Airlines had a ‘4-star airline’ message, Jetstar’s slogan is ‘gia re moi ngay’ (low prices every day). While Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific join forces to exploit all the segments in the aviation market, Vietjet is targeting the model between low-cost and traditional airlines. The hybrid model has been applied in other parts of the world in … [Read more...] about Airline competition redraws Vietnam’s aviation map
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Mass grave unearthed at Vietnam airport
A military search unit, assisted partially by two U.S. veterans, believes it has unearthed the burial site of 150 Vietnamese soldiers killed in the war. A Vietnamese military search unit has found a burial site at a southern airport which they believed was a mass grave of around 150 People's Army of Vietnam soldiers killed in the Tet Offensive nearly five decades ago. Many items and body remains were found on Thursday morning in a pit to the southeast of Bien Hoa Airport, a U.S. airbase during the Vietnam War, in Dong Nai Province, which neighbors Ho Chi Minh City. Witnesses said it was the burial site of around 150 soldiers from the communist troops who were killed during military campaigns in early 1968, known as the Tet Offensive. Dong Nai provincial officials have been searching for the mass grave at the airport area for years, based on witnesses and old maps. Last month they also flew two U.S. veterans by helicopter to help identify the location of the grave, which was dug by … [Read more...] about Mass grave unearthed at Vietnam airport
Tet Offensive mass grave unearthed at Vietnam airport
A military search unit, assisted partially by two U.S. veterans, believes it has unearthed the burial site of 150 Vietnamese soldiers killed in the war. A Vietnamese military search unit has found a burial site at a southern airport which they believed was a mass grave of around 150 People's Army of Vietnam soldiers killed in the Tet Offensive nearly five decades ago. Many items and body remains were found on Thursday morning in a pit to the southeast of Bien Hoa Airport, a U.S. airbase during the Vietnam War, in Dong Nai Province, which neighbors Ho Chi Minh City. Witnesses said it was the burial site of around 150 soldiers from the communist troops who were killed during military campaigns in early 1968, known as the Tet Offensive. Dong Nai provincial officials have been searching for the mass grave at the airport area for years, based on witnesses and old maps. Last month they also flew two U.S. veterans by helicopter to help identify the location of the grave, which was dug by … [Read more...] about Tet Offensive mass grave unearthed at Vietnam airport
Can Tho Airport targets domestic flights first
Can Tho Airport targets domestic flights first Huynh Kim By Huynh Kim - The Saigon Times Daily CAN THO – Can Tho City will coordinate with management agencies, provinces and airlines to expand the flight network from Can Tho Airport to the central region and the Central Highlands before opening international flights. Speaking to the Daily after the conference on promoting air services to Can Tho City on March 17, standing deputy head of the Southwest Steering Committee Nguyen Phong Quang said that Can Tho City would try to open domestic services connecting the city with Danang, Khanh Hoa and Dalat. In the next phase the city would call on air carriers to open international flights from the Mekong Delta city to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in Cambodia, Bangkok in Thailand as well as to Taiwan and South Korea. A memorandum of understanding on opening these domestic flights was signed by the Ministry of Transport, the Southwest Steering Committee, the Civil Aviation Authority of … [Read more...] about Can Tho Airport targets domestic flights first
Vietnam looks to global airport linkage by 2020
Vietnam looks to global airport linkage by 2020 Le Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The Ministry of Transport is gathering comments on a restructuring plan for the country’s aviation sector, which is envisaged putting Vietnam on the international airport map by 2020. The plan also aims to raise the number of flights to each domestic airport to at least seven a week. The local aviation market would be among the five biggest in Southeast Asia and aircraft would become a popular means of transportation in the country. Domestic air passenger and cargo transport will account for 3.23% and 0.04% of total transport demand in Vietnam respectively. In 2015-2020, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines would launch new services to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the U.S., New Delhi and Mumbai in India, Wellington in New Zealand, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Doha in Qatar, Brisbanea and Perth in Australia. It will maintain services to Phu Bai airport … [Read more...] about Vietnam looks to global airport linkage by 2020