Jetstar Pacific receives first A320ceo airplane from Airbus

Vietnam’s low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific received the first A320ceo airplane of ten aircrafts of this kind that the firm has ordered from the European aviation giant Airbus in 2017, at a hand-over ceremony held in Toulouse, France on June 27.

Jetstar Pacific CEO Nguyen Quoc Phuong and Didier Evrard, Head of Programmes at Airbus, at the hand-over ceremony.
Jetstar Pacific CEO Nguyen Quoc Phuong and Didier Evrard, Head of Programmes at Airbus, at the hand-over ceremony.

>>> Jetstar Pacific orders ten Airbus A320 airplanes

The purchase deal was announced last June during the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show in the UK.

Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar Pacific Nguyen Quoc Phuong said that the purchase of A320ceo airplanes is part of Jetstar Pacific’s development strategy of gradually replacing old aircrafts with new-generation ones in an effort to continually enhance customer service.

The new fleet of A320ceo planes are scheduled to be put into operation on major domestic air routes and international ones, including the newly launched direct routes connecting Da Nang/Ha Noi and Osaka (Japan), he added.

After the hand-over ceremony at Airbus, the first A320ceo jet will depart for a long-distance flight to Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, in preparation for its first passenger flight in Vietnam. From now until the end of 2017, Airbus will continue transferring the remaining nine aircrafts to Jetstar Pacific to serve the firm’s update of its fleet and improvement of its service quality.

Didier Evrard, Head of Programmes at Airbus, spoke highly of the significance of Jetstar Pacific-Airbus cooperative relations, whilst expressing his belief in Jetstar Pacific’s development outlook with the addition of A320ceo airplanes to its fleet.

On the occasion, Jetstar Pacific signed a deal to purchase 24 V2500 aircraft engines from IAE International Aero Engines to be installed on its ten new A320ceo airplanes and four available backup engines.

Jetstar Pacific is currently operating 36 domestic and international air routes, connected with Jetstar Group’s low-cost flight network of 80 destinations in 17 countries via 4,000 flights per week operated by Jetstar Airways (Australia and New Zealand), Jetstar Japan (Japan), Jetstar Asia (Singapore) and Jetstar Pacific.

The newly received A320ceo airplane is coded VN - A568.