Hanoi-Phu Quoc direct route launched
(VOV) - The National Flag Carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 14 launched the Hanoi- Phu Quoc direct air route in the presence of Primer Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and other senior officials.
With five flights a week by Airbus 321, the Hanoi-Phu Quoc route will help boost economic, trade and investment, and tourism development in the Phu Quoc district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
Vietnam’s largest island of Phu Quoc boasts great potential for tourism development and is vital to the international and regional maritime transport network.
The route will increase Vietnam Airlines’ air routes to 86, to 20 domestic and 28 international destinations.