BREAKING NEWS: Adelaide Lands Vietnam Charter Flights

Vietnam Airlines will operate a new charter service between Adelaide and Ho Chi Minh City during November and December, it was announced at World Routes in Vancouver this afternoon. This is the first time the Asian airline, which currently serves both Melbourne and Sydney, has served Adelaide in South Australia.

The flights will be operated once a fortnight over a six-week period starting on November 20 and an Airbus 300-200 aircraft will operate the route.
The Aspirion Group has chartered the new flights through its charter company, Aspirion Air and there are high hopes that the new flights will act as a building block for future scheduled service from Asian carrier to Adelaide.

"We see the attraction of charter flights such as these as an important step in our efforts to attract more international airlines and flights to Adelaide, and we have been working closely with the State Government, Bunnik Tours and our aviation consultancy, Aspirion, to achieve this," says Adelaide Airport managing director, Phil Baker.

"Vietnam, along with other South East Asian countries and China, are very much emerging markets with significant growth potential, and we're keen to build relationships with airlines operating in these countries," he adds.

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