Vietnam Airlines restores some inflight services thanks to COVID-19 fight
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has restored some services on domestic and international flights with durations of less than 2.5 hours since February 24, as there have been signs showing COVID-19 has been put under control in Vietnam.
Hanoi (VNA) – The national flag carrier VietnamAirlines has restored some services on domestic and international flights withdurations of less than 2.5 hours since February 24, as there have been signsshowing COVID-19 has been put under control in Vietnam.
Inflight meal, beverage and media services hadbeen restricted on its flights to prevent the spread of the acute respiratorydisease to passengers and crew members, it said on late February 24, addingthat the restoration of these services strictly complies with health and safetyregulations.
Accordingly, passengers in the business and premiumeconomy classes will enjoy all services like in the past such as hot meals,beverages and entertainment materials.
The airline has also resumed the meal servicefor those in the economy class, it said.
The domestic routes with service restorationconsist of those between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Phu Quoc; betweenHCM City and Hai Phong, Van Don.
The beneficiary international routes are thoselinking Hanoi with Vientiane (Laos), Siem Reap (Cambodia), Phnom Penh(Cambodia), Bangkok (Thailand), Myanmar, Malaysia, Kaohsiung (China’s Taiwan);linking HCM City with Vientiane, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Myanmar,Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong (China).
Meanwhile, services on other internationalroutes haven’t been affected during the COVID-19 outbreak./.
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