New airline envisages losing $15 million in first three years

Four airlines have offered their eight flight safety officers to the national aviation authority as more carriers enter the fray.

Vietravel has raised VND700 billion ($30 million) through bonds to fund its airline operation, seeking to be the seventh carrier in Vietnam.

New kid on the block Bamboo Airways wants to expand its current 10 percent market share to 30 percent by next year.

Vietravel Airlines plans to launch its first flight next year, joining a rising number of entrants in one of the world’s fast-growing aviation markets.

Bamboo Airways plans to have a fleet of 100 aircraft by 2024 with the majority of them being Boeing 787-9 or Airbus A321.

Duong Thi Mai Hoa, who used to be deputy chairwoman of startup Bamboo Airways, has moved to real estate firm Sunshine Group.

Yet another Chinese man was caught stealing VND9 million ($390) from another passenger on a Da Nang-Saigon flight last Sunday.

A mobile boarding ramp accidentally punched a hole in a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 aircraft at Saigon airport last week.

Hospitality group Thien Minh is looking to establish an airline that can begin operations next year.

Vingroup has applied for an airline license with investment of VND4.7 trillion ($202 million) and wants to start flying next July.

Vietnam’s largest business conglomerate will cooperate with Canada's CAE Inc. to train pilots and other aircraft personnel.

TMG chairman Tran Trong Kien has incorporated a new aviation company 2 months after a joint venture plan with AirAsia collapsed.

As Vietnam’s aviation sector booms, local upstart Bamboo Airways is embracing what it hopes will be a novel way of standing out in a crowded market: Golf.