Aerosvit Inaugurates Ho Chi Minh Service

Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit Airlines has launched flights between Kiev and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. The carrier’s inaugural flight departed the Ukrainian capital on December 21 and the eleven hour flight will be operated on a twice weekly basis using a Boeing 767-300ER.

Aerosvit expects passengers on the route to be dominated by tourist and ethnic traffic, but it also expects to pick up some business demand. The flight has been scheduled to maximise connections at its Kiev Borispol Airport base, particularly from the Baltic, Scandinavian and CIS markets, while onward flights around Asia are being offered by Vietnam Airlines, a codeshare partner on the new long-haul flight.

An estimated 22,000 O&D passengers travelled between Ukraine and Vietnam in the past year with Aerosvit Airlines holding around a 49 per cent share of this traffic.