VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on its official website that tickets on Ho Chi Minh City–Hanoi air route from October 12 to October 19 have now been sold out.

The Bamboo Airways Joint Stock Company has raised its charter capital to VND18.5 trillion (US$814 million) from VND16 trillion, according to the National Business Registration Portal.

Bamboo Airways plans to resume services on certain domestic routes from October 10 after seeking opinions from competent agencies and localities.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has shown its support for Bamboo Airways to conduct regular direct flights to the US in a recent report to the Ministry of Transport.

Bamboo Airways’ first flight on its direct route between Vietnam and the US landed in San Francisco, the US, on September 23 (local time) after 13 hours and 36 minutes of nonstop flight.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airways unveiled on September 21 that they will sign a US$2 billion deal with General Electric to purchase GEnx engines to power Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, according to Reuters.

VOV.VN - Local carrier Bamboo Airways has been granted a license by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to operate 12 direct flights to the US from September, according to its representative.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Czech Republic are expected to double their two-way trade turnover to US$3 billion within the next two years, according to Martina Tauberova, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.

Vietnam’s airline industry is facing its worst crisis yet amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an online conference on financial solutions to keep the industry afloat heard recently.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern cities and provinces that are under social distancing measures from July 19.