Vietnam Airlines increases night flights for Tet holiday
(VOV) - The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will operate night flights during the upcoming Lunar New Year ( Tet) holiday to reduce the overload at airports.
There is an increasing demand for travelling by air before and after the Tet holiday, which falls on February 10 this year.
The airliner has even arranged an around-the-clock schedule for a number of overloaded flights from February 6-8 and from February 15-17.
The carrier plans to conduct 400 flights on February 8, an increase of 38 percent compared to its normal schedule and up 5 percent from the same period last year.
It will increase the number of flights to 430 on February 16, up 43 percent and 7 percent compared to its normal schedule and the same period last year, respectively.
So far more than 308,000 passengers have booked Vietnam Airlines flights in the peak season, and there still have 125,000 more blank seats.
Vietnam Airlines has also decided to transport peach, apricot, and kumquat trees on domestic flights from January 21 to February 19, using Boeing 777s, Airbus A321s and A320s.