VietJet To Add 13 New Vietnam-India Routes, 13 New Airbus Planes

VietJet Aviation, a budget carrier in Vietnam, announced recently that it will acquire more Airbus A330 aircraft and would later this year begin operating 13 new routes between the Southeast Asian nation and India.

According to a statement from VietJet, the new flights would connect Vietnam's major cities and its tourist island of Phu Quoc with Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Delhi, and Mumbai. "We now prioritize expanding and increasing flight operations to India...to serve the rise in demand for both leisure and business travel," VietJet Vice President Nguyen Thanh Son said.

Currently, the airline runs four routes between Vietnam and India, connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with New Delhi and Mumbai. As part of its fleet expansion strategy, VietJet, which currently has a fleet of 80 Airbus aircraft operating on about 100 routes, intends to increase the number of A330 widebody aircraft.

The airline, which has two A330s that are currently leased, stated that it plans to raise the number to at least 10 but did not provide a timeline.