Vietnam Airlines Launches Hanoi – Mumbai Flights

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(22/05/23)
 Vietnam Airlines has launched flights between
Hanoi and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) in
Mumbai, India.

The airline will operate the Mumbai service with
four flights per week from Hanoi on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Vietnam Airlines also operates thrice weekly flights per week
between Ho Chi
Minh (Saigon) and Mumbai on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, as
well as thrice weekly service between Hanoi and New Delhi
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and two flights per week
between Saigon and New Delhi on Thursdays and Saturdays.

All the flights are operated with
Airbus A321 aircraft.

“With a new route connecting to Mumbai – India’s important
financial, commercial and cultural center, Vietnam Airlines
demonstrates its commitment to constantly expanding its network,
giving passengers better flexibility and connectivity,” said Trinh
Ngoc Thanh, Vietnam Airlines Deputy CEO. “We hope this new route
will help to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two
countries as well as the the economies.”

The total number of visitors between India and
Vietnam in 2019 (pre-epidemic period) reached 319,000 arrivals, an
increase of 35% on the same period last year.

India is one of
Vietnam’s top trade partners, while Vietnam is India’s 15th
largest trade partner and fourth among Southeast Asian countries.

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