MUMBAI: Vietnam is quick catching up as a favourite vacation spot amongst Indians and the newest airline to launch flights is Air India. The airline on Wednesday introduced the launch of flights from Delhi to Ho Chi Minh Metropolis on June 01.
Air India will function the flight 5 instances every week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The airline stated it is going to serve the route with its two-class configured Airbus A320neo plane.The flight is scheduled to depart Delhi at 1:15 pm and can land at Ho Chi Minh Metropolis at 7:55 pm, whereas the return will depart at 8.55 pm and land in Delhi at half-hour previous midnight.
“The brand new route will additional strengthen Air India’s community of locations in Southeast Asia, supply a brand new flight choice to an growing variety of travellers between India and Vietnam, and open new connections for Vietnamese travellers to entry Air India’s world route community. The brand new service will even allow handy one-stop connections to Vietnam by way of Delhi for travellers from the U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe,” the airline stated.
Air India flies continuous between India and 4 factors in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore, Bangkok and Phuket (Thailand), and Yangon (Myanmar). Presently, Vietnamese carriers Vietjet and Vietnam Airways function Delhi to Ho Chi Minh flights.
Lpw value provider Vietjet’s entry into the Indian market, put up COVID, has made the vacation spot widespread with travellers on the lookout for economical offers.
Based on Vietjet, 82,066 Indians travelled within the first 10 months of 2022 to Vietnam. Essentially the most in-demand locations by Indians embody Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Phu Quoc, Quy Nhon, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet, Dalat, and Halong.