Airlines allowed to increase frequency of domestic flights from October 21
The Ministry of Transport announced on October 19 that it has built plans on restoring domestic flights in the period from October 21 – November 30 based on the outcomes of the pilot resumption of domestic flights from October 10-17.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Transport announced onOctober 19 that it has built plans on re൲storing domestic flights in the period from October 21 – Novem♍ber30 based on the outcomes of the pilot resumption of domestic flights from October 10-17.
Accordingly, a maximum of six flights each way daily will be allowed on the routes connecting Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi – Da Nang, and Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City from October 21 – November 14, and the number will be raised to seven during November 15-30.
On other routes, the maximum will be four flights each way per day.
The frequency of flights by each airline on each route will be increase by one per day on November 1 and 15 if the average seat occupancy of a🍌ll a𒁃irlines on the route during the previous 7 days reached at least 75 percent.
During the pilot period from October 10-17, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, BambooAirways and Pacific Airlines operated 193 flights on 17 routes to and from 17 out of22 airports. The total number of passengers was over 12,900, of whom 49percent flew with Vietnam Airlines, 32.5 percent with Vietjet Air, 15.6 percent with Bamboo Airways and 2.9 percent with Pacific Airlines. The Transport Ministry also set conditions for passengers from October 21, which require passengers to meet one of the threecriteria, either having certificates for full vaccination for at least 14 days and no later than 12months before departure, or recovery from COVID-19 no later than six monthsbefore departure, or testing negative to SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR and rapidantigen testing methods no later than 72 hours before departure./.
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