Vietjet launches HCMC-Jakarta direct service

By VNA August 6, 2023 | 06:33 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

Vietjet has launched a direct route connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Indonesia's Jakarta, making it the third direct service in Vietjet's flight network between the two countries.

The launching ceremony was attended by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arsjad Rasjid, together with leaders and enterprises of the two nations.

The daily flight departs from HCMC at 09:35 a.m. and arrives at 12.30 p.m. in Jakarta. The return flight takes off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta at 1:30 p.m. and arrives at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC at 4:40 p.m. (all local time).

In addition to the new HCMC-Jakarta route, the airline will also increase flights between Bali, HCMC and Hanoi, offering 84 flights a week between Vietnam and Indonesia from August 12.