Vietjet announces Hanoi-Yangon route

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air officially announced its new route connecting Hanoi with Yangon, the renowned tourism city of Myanmar, at a ceremony in Yangon on August 26, on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s state visit to the country.

Vietjet Air will conduct daily round-trip flights on the Hanoi-Yangon route with flight duration of nearly two hours. (Credit: VNA)
Vietjet Air will conduct daily round-trip flights on the Hanoi-Yangon route with flight duration of nearly two hours. (Credit: VNA)

The route is expected to meet the traveling demands between the two countries, making contributions to promoting regional trade and integration.

Vietjet Air will conduct daily round-trip flights on the route with flight duration of nearly two hours. Flights from Hanoi take off at 12:05 and arrive in Yangon at 13:30 (local time). Meanwhile, the return leg leaves Myanmar at 14:30 and touches down in Hanoi at 16:55 (local time).

This is the second Vietjet Air service to Myanmar, following its Ho Chi Minh City-Yangon route.

Currently, the low-cost airline operates over 350 flights per day, on 73 routes to domestic and international destinations, and Vietjet has flown nearly 40 million passengers so far.