Vietnamese carrier, VietJet is expanding its presence in the Indian market with the commencement of new flights.
The airline will operate five flights per week on the New Delhi – Da Nang route starting May 14, 2020. VietJet will also connect Mumbai with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City through three weekly flights and four weekly flights respectively beginning May 15, 2020 and May 16, 2020.
“When we started operations to India, some experts had reservations about the success of our flights. However, within two months of our operations, we were recording a load factor of 83 percent,” said Do Xuan Quang, Vice President, VietJet on the sidelines of his recent visit to New Delhi.
The carrier started direct flights to India last year with the commencement of four-times-a-week flights on Ho Chi Minh City-New Delhi and three-times-a-week flights on Hanoi-New Delhi sectors respectively.
VietJet is also holding talks with IndiGo to forge a codeshare agreement to reach out to other Indian cities where the airline is not operating flights. On the other hand, VietJet is focusing on point-to-point services in the Indian market and not on the transit passengers market.
“Currently, we are just offering tickets but we are also planning with our GSA, Bird Group to introduce holiday packages for the Indian market,” added Jay L Lingeswara, Vietjet’s Director of International Sales & Distribution.