Vietnam Airlines moves to increase flight frequency to the UK
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has increased the frequency of flights running between Vietnam and the UK since July to meet the increasing travel demand between the two countries.
At present, the Hanoi-London route sees three flights fly per week, with aircraft departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Meanwhile, the carrier has increased the number of flights on the Ho Chi Minh City - London route to two per weeks on Fridays and Saturdays.
From October, the airline will increase the frequency of flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to the UK to four and three weekday flights, respectively.
Phan The Thang, head of Vietnam Airlines' branch in the UK, said that since the first regular flight between the UK and Vietnam in January 25, 2022, after a gap of almost two years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline has served 111,000 passengers on the routes.
Thang also revealed in the first six months of this year, the airline witnessed a 5.5-fold increase in passenger transport revenue compared to the same period from last year.
With the operation of every-day flights to London starting from this winter, Vietnam Airlines hopes to soon achieve its pre-pandemic operation target, said Thang.
Vietnam Airlines’ first flight to the UK landed at Gatwick Airport on November 9, 2011, before its operations switched to Heathrow in 2015.
On December 1, 2015, Vietnam Airlines began using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for its UK flights, becoming the first carrier in Southeast Asia to fly directly to Europe on this new aircraft.