Vietjet Air

The Routes Asia 2022 host is benefiting from the LCC’s expanding network.

The LCC wants additional aircraft so it can add points in Australia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to its route map.

The host of Routes Asia 2022 eyes the return of international flights and future expansion.

Routes Asia will bring together decision makers to accelerate the region's recovery.

The ambitious LCC has shown strong growth as it recovers this year.

The Vietnamese carrier already serves South Korea from Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

The event will unite C-suite executives and senior decision makers whose expertise will inform critical business decision-making.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The Vietnamese LCC expects to touch down in Europe with service to Moscow from next July.

Routes takes a look at the latest network data for Vietnam-based LCC VietJet Air.

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More domestic routes are set to resume in Vietnam over the coming days after the country’s Ministry of Transport began to ease restrictions.

Governments are seeking to contain the spread of coronavirus.

This week: VietJet is further expanding service to Seoul; Air France plans to resume flights to Monrovia in Liberia; and German leisure airline Condor is adding a sixth destination in Canada.

This week: VietJet is launching its first direct service to Australia; Ethiopian Airlines is returning to Athens after 18 years; and Ural Airlines to enter Moscow - London market.

The market between Vietnam and South Korea has grown at a phenomenal rate in recent years, with fledgling carrier Bamboo Airways the latest airline to enter the fray. Routesonline looks at the rising competition on routes between the two countries.

This week: VietJet Air to enter Indian market; easyJet to serve Albania; and Viva Aerobus schedules Chicago routes.

Carriers from across the globe will be attending the leading route development forum to negotiate their network strategy.

This week: VietJet to provide its first non-stop link between Vietnam and Indonesia; Qantas increases services to Japan; and Hainan Airlines expands its North America connectivity.

Ultra long-haul routes are unlikely to become a major trend thanks to the lack of supporting markets. Speaking at Routes Asia 2019 in Cebu on a panel debate concerning the future of aviation in Asia, Fiji Airways general manager network planning and strategy John Checketts said the recently launched Qantas flight from Perth to London will prove to be an exception, not a rule.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet has firmed up an order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft during a visit by US president Donald Trump to Hanoi. Fellow Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways has also agreed to buy ten 787-9 Dreamliners to help it achieve its long-haul ambitions.

Eight questions for Jay L Lingeswara, who leads the strategy and planning management team at VietJet Air.