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Vietnam Airlines receives 11th Airbus A350-900 XWB
Ha Phuong 10:26, 2018/03/29
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines received the 11th of the 14 Airbus A350-900 XWB at Orly Airport, in Paris (French), on March 28.
Vietnam Airlines receives 11th Airbus A350-900 XWB.
Vietnam Airlines receives 11th Airbus A350-900 XWB.
The ceremony was witnessed by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong. It is the 11th out of 14 aircrafl due to be delivered to the carrier during 2015 – 2019, bringing the total number of its Airbus planed to 150 by late 2019, according to Duong Tri Thanh, Vietnam Airlines General Director.
Vietnam Airlines always considers Airbus an important partner to help modernize its fleet up to four and five star standards in the future under its long-term development strategy, he added.
The transfer ceremony took place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the fifth anniversary of strategic partnership.
Earlier on March 27 evening, Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of Vietnam – France direct flight, as part of celebrations for the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
Vietnam Airlines is the first and only carrier to tap the Vietnam – France route over the past 15 years, playing a pillar role in developing domestic aviation strategy and contributing to tightening bilateral diplomatic ties.
Since its establishment, Vietnam Airlines has regarded flight services to Europe as strategic, with France being a key market and gateway to Europe. In 1994, it opened a representative office in France and launched one-day flights to the country with transit via Dubai – the first long route to Europe.
A decade later, the carrier opened direct flights linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with Paris, cutting travelling time to 12 hours with wide-body Boeing 777. While tapping flights to France from 1994 to 2003, Vietnam Airlines served around 800,000 passengers. A decade later, the figure rose four-fold to roughly 3.2 million.
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