VietJet Air plans to serve 700,000 passengers

The Vietnamese low-cost private carrier of VietJet Air is aiming to serve 700,000 passengers in 2012 after it has drawn up an ambitious plan to increase its air routes and aircraft.

VietJet Air plans to serve 700,000 passengers (photo by vietjet-air.com)

The carrier planned to start its first commercial flight on the morning of December 25th and will serve 2 flights per day on the air route between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The frequency of flights will take off during the traditional New Year Festival, said Lu Duc Khanh, the Executive Director of the carrier said on December 24th.
Meanwhile, the carrier’s Deputy-Director Pritam Singh said that it uses 2 Airbus A320 at present and it will receive the third aircraft right at the beginning of 2012.
“VietJet Air will probably have 4 more planes in 2012 and have 15 planes in total by 2015,” he added.
In addition to domestic air routes, the carrier also plans to open international ones with the destinations in Singapore, Malaysia and other regional nations in the second half of 2012.
Source: TBKT