VietNamNet Bridge - VietJet Air on July 24 launched a new air route between Hanoi and Seoul (South Korea). Earlier, a direct route from Da Nang to Seoul was launched last week.   

The first passenger of the Hanoi-Seoul air route.

The daily flight departs from Hanoi at 1:45 pm arriving in Seoul at 7:55 am, while the return flight takes off at 11:05 am from Seoul and arrives in Hanoi at 2:10 pm.

The airline expects to serve 2,520 passengers per week on the new route, which is operated under a partnership with South Korea’s SEYOU Corporation.

SEYOU has also been selected as VietJet Air’s General Sales Agent in South Korea. In the near future, VietJet will expand its ticket channels throughout all existing ticket touch points, meeting the increasing travel demand in both countries.

On the airline’s maiden flight from Seoul to Hanoi, VietJet staff introduced Vietnamese culture to Korean passengers by performing a traditional folk song titled “Trong Com”. Passengers were also served with Vietnam’s world famous coffee sourced from the Central Highlands.

VietJet staff introduced Vietnamese culture to Korean passengers by performing a traditional folk song titled “Trong Com”.

VietJet currently operates 27 local and international routes. Besides its latest connections to South Korea, the airline offers direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, and from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore.

The airline will soon further expand its network in the Asia-Pacific Region and also intends to launch more joint ventures with other regional airline partners following the unveiling of Thai VietAir, in association with Kan Air in 2013, which operates internal flights from Bangkok to major tourism destinations in Thailand such as Chiang Mai and Phuket.

PV