These are the first air routes launched by Jetstar Pacific since its inception under a business service agreement reached between the Australian Qantas Group airline Jetstar and Vietnam’ second largest carrier, Pacific Airlines.

Apart from the two new routes, Jetstar Pacific serves an existing seven destinations within Vietnam, operating almost 130 weekly return services with an existing fleet of four single class Boeing 737-400s. The airline says it plans to have a fleet of 30 A320s with flights increasing eight-fold by 2014.

Jetstar Pacific is expected to expand into other markets like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia later this year.

The Qantas Group now holds 18 percent of stake in Pacific Airlines and plans to increase its investment in the airline to 30 percent by 2010.