Vietjet Air to run 17 weekly flights on Vietnam-Australia routes

By VNA July 11, 2023 | 07:51 pm PT

A Vietjet aircraft prepares to land at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

Budget carrier Vietjet Air plans to gradually increase the frequency of its round-trip flights between HCMC and Australian cities to 17 per week in a bid to meet high travel demand during the peak season.

On a weekly basis, there will be seven flights connecting the southern Vietnamese metropolis to Sydney as well as seven and three others linking it to Melbourne and Brisbane respectively.

The higher frequencies will begin in early December.

Australia is among the top 10 markets with the highest number of tourists to Vietnam and the city in recent years, according to the HCMC Department of Tourism.

The city welcomed more than 130,000 Australians last year, accounting for 3.5% of the total number of visitors to the southern economic hub.