Vietnamese low-cost airline Vietjet will fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Kochi in Kerala from August 12, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Hai announced on Thursday. He said that the opening of the route connecting Kochi and Ho Chi Minh City by Vietjet is a breakthrough, creating a new impetus for economic trade, tourism and people-to-people exchanges between Vietnam and South India.
“With the favorable geographic location of Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general, visitors will be able to easily explore destinations within Vietnam as well as from Vietnam to other countries and regions around the world,” Hai said. The airline will operate four flights every week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Flights from Kochi will depart at 11.50 pm (local time) and land in Ho Chi Minh City at 6.40 am (local time). The return flights will depart Ho Chi Minh City at 7.20 pm (local time) and reach Kochi at 10.50 pm (local time).
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With this new route, VietJet will increase connectivity between Vietnam and India, said JL Lingeshwar, Vice President, Commercial, VietJet.
“We look forward to VietJet making a significant contribution to the tourism development of Kerala, India and Vietnam through its wide range of products and services with competitive and reasonable fares,” he added. Vietjet’s new route is expected to bring about 10,000 more passengers from India’s southern region to Vietnam in 2023.