Vietjet inaugurates Ho Chi Minh City-Shanghai route
Vietjet Air has inaugurated a new route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shanghai, facilitating convenient and easy travel for both residents and tourists.
At the inauguration of Vietjet’s Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai route. (Photo: Vietjet.com)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietjet Air has inaugurated a new route connecting Ho ChiMinh City and China’s Shanghai, facilitating convenient and easy travel for bothresidents and tourists.
Vietjet’sHo Chi Minh City - Shanghai route operates with seven round trips per week, witha flight time of just over 4 hours per leg.
WithVietjet’s new routes, flyers can easily travel to Shanghai, China’s mostpopulous city. The connectivity between Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai will openup more opportunities for the development of high-end products, services, tradeconnections, and investment attraction.
HoChi Minh City, home to nearly 9 million people, is a prominent economic,cultural, and tourist centre of Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It is also atransport hub, offering seamless connectivity to a plethora of des🍰tinationswithin Vietnam and internationally.
Passengers of the Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai route receive flowers from Vietjet leaders. (Photo: Vietjet.com)
Inparticular, Vietjet has painted the Ho Chi Minh City tourism symbol on its aircraftwith a message about a friendly, hospitable Ho Chi Minh City that welcomestourists around the world.
Vietjethas operated services between Vietnam and China since 2014 with the very firstroutes facilitating travel for Chinese visitors to popular tourist destinationsin Vietnam, including Nha Trang, Da Nang, and Phu Quoc.
With afocus on cost management ability, effective operations, and performance,applying the latest technology to all activities and leading the trend, Vietjetoffers flying opportunities with cost-saving and flexible fares as well asdiversified services to meet customers’ demands.
Vietjetis a fully-fledged member of International Air Transport Association (IATA)with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate. As Vietnam’s 𝓰largestprivate carrier, the airline has been awarded the highest ranking for safetywith 7 stars by the world’s only safety and product rating websiteairlineratings.com and listed as one of the world's 50 best airlines forhealthy financing and operations by Airfinance Journal in many consecutiveyears. The airline has also been named as Best Low-Cost Carrier by renown📖edorganisations such as Skytrax, CAPA, Airline Ratings, and many others./.
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At the inauguration of Vietjet’s Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai route. (Photo: Vietjet.com) 
Passengers of the Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai route receive flowers from Vietjet leaders. (Photo: Vietjet.com) 
