(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has so far reopened air routes to 20 countries and territories, compared to 28 in the 2019 winter flight schedule before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, a transport official has said.
 Planes park at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) |
So far, international air routes to 20 countries and territories have been reopened, namely Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, Laos, China, France, Germany, the UK, Australia, Russia, and the US.
Eight others to which air routes haven’t been resumed consist of Brunei, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Macao (China), Finland, Italy, and Switzerland, Tran Bao Ngoc, Director of the Transportation Department at the Ministry of Transport (MoT), told a press meeting on Tuesday.
There are currently 370 international flights from/to Vietnam per week each way, compared to 4,185 in the 2019 winter flight schedule.
Meanwhile, six carriers, namely Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Pacific Airlines, Bamboo Airways, Vietravel Airlines, and Vasco, are operating 56 domestic air routes.