Hanoi (VNA) – Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietjetAir) and Japan Airlines (JAL) on July 25 signed a cooperation agreement inorder to improve their service quality and turnover.

Underthe agreement, the two airlines will initially launch a code-share partnership forroutes between Japan and Vietnam, their domestic flights as well as flightsbetween Vietnam and other Asian nations.

Besides,they will join hands in regular customer services, technical maintenance,training and ground services.

JapanAirlines Deputy General Director Tadashi Fujita said the Japanese carrierbelieves that the deal will help increase the numbers of passengers and cargoesbetween the two countries.

VietjetAir Managing Director Luu Duc Khanh said Japan is a key market in Vietjet Air’splan to expand its network across Asia-Pacific.

Thecooperation is expected to help diversify products, classify customers, stimulatetravel demand in Vietnam and Japan in the time ahead, and enhance links betweenthe two airlines, he said.

Thetwo airlines also discussed the launch of more flights to meet the increasingtravel demand of people in Asia and the two countries in particular.

JapanAirlines is conducting routes from Narita airport in Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh Cityand Hanoi and from Haneda airport in Tokyo to HCM City.

Vietjetis the first private airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline withlow-cost and diversified services to meet customers’ demand.

Currently, the airline boasts a fleet of 45 aircraft, including A320s and A321s,and operates 350 flights a day. It has already opened 63 routes in Vietnam andacross the region to international destinations such as Thailand, Singapore,the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, China and Myanmar. It has carriednearly 35 million passengers to date.-VNA