The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines reported that it served a maximum of 65,000 passengers from and to Hanoi’s Noi Bai international airport and Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat international airport a day. Meanwhile, low-cost Jetstar Pacific transported 7,500 passengers per day on average from the south to the north. To meet the increasing travel demand during Tet holiday, the two firms added seven flights (nearly 1,300 seats) between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from February 12-14, the 27th and 28th days of the last lunar month. Vietjet Air aircraft The on-time performance (OTP) rates of Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific were reported high in the days ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, representatives from the two firms said on February 14. Accordingly, from February 8-13, Vietnam Airlines operated nearly 440 flights a day, 90 percent of which was on-time. Meanwhile, Jetstar Pacific served 30,000 passengers on 156 flights from the Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. Only several flights were delayed for 29 minutes on average due to objective reasons. A representative from low-cost Vietjet Air announced on February 15 that the carrier has received a wet lease aircraft, Airbus A320, to serve the travel of Vietnamese people and foreigners during the Lunar New Year festival. From January 31 to March 2, Vietjet Air has organized nearly 6,700 flights with nearly 1.4 million seats. Source: VNA
PANO - Troops in mountains and borders areas and on islands have been enjoying a warm and happy Tet festival, while maintaining combat readiness with an optimistic spirit. Here are some images of troops during the Lunar New Year festival, taken by PANO's reporter Duy Hong. 33mm Artillery Battery of Battalion 24, Antiaircraft Brigade 241 of Army Corps 1 practising a combat plan Troops observing targets in the air During the Tet festival, antiaircraft forces of Army Corps 1 are always standing by with a high combat readiness posture Troops of Radar Station 480 stationed on Tran Island maintaining their…... [read more]
Although Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) is just around the corner, domestic flight tickets during the festival including those offered by low-cost carriers like Jetstar Pacific and Vietjet Air are still abundant. According to Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, and VietJet Air, most of their air tickets for short-distance flights from Ho Chi Minh City to some localities in the central and northern regions have been sold out. However, they added there are many available tickets on routes from HCMC to Da Nang and Hanoi and from Da Nang and Hanoi to HCMC during the Tet festival. During period from Jan.…... [read more]
Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Dinh La Thang required airport, railway and coach stations to maximize mobilization of resources and vehicles to transport passengers as well as possible in the Tet holiday on January 15. Mr. Thang made the requirement while he together with deputy chairman of the city People’s Committee Le Van Khoa and agencies inspecting transport firms’ preparation works to meet surging travel demand in the Tet festival. Director of Tan Son Nhat International Airport Dinh Tuan Tu reported that airlines are scheduled to increase 1,065 flights in two weeks before and after Tet, up 38 flights…... [read more]
Tet festival to go charitable By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - HCMC will organize the annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street as part of the Tet festival with a series of entertainment and charitable activities in the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in late January. The organizing committee said on Wednesday that the festival would feature other events including Banh Tet (a traditional stick rice cake) fest and fireworks displays. "In the previous festivals, we made a pair of Banh Tet weighing 3.5 tons but this year we want to organize the activity for many people to…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - It's nearly impossible to book economy class air tickets for the flights on Tet holiday, though Tet comes only in two months. The representatives of airlines all said that under the new policies, air tickets have been sold via Internet. Booking agents and individual passengers are all passengers who need to access the Internet to book tickets, and "first come first served." Air tickets for Tet flights have been selling very quickly since the day the tickets were put on sale. In an effort to prevent the speculation, airlines have decided to sell tickets in different sale…... [read more]
