Bamboo Airways to launch first ever Vietnam - Czech direct flight

[Viet]

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be used to operate the Hanoi-Prague route. Photo courtesy of Bamboo Airways.


By Hoang Phong
Thu, 2/6/2020


After the newest carrier in Vietnamese skies received permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) this week, the first flight connecting Hanoi and Prague will take off on March 29, said Truong Phuong Thanh, Deputy General Director of Bamboo Airways.

The Hanoi-Prague direct air route using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft will operate two flights a week.

The expected durations are 11 hours and 20 minutes for the Hanoi-Prague flight and 10 hours and 20 minutes for the return flight, which are significantly shorter than the 14-19 hours taken now, using connecting flights transiting in a European or Middle Eastern city.

Flight tickets are on sale in Vietnam from February 5, and in overseas markets from February 10.

In early January, Bamboo Airways announced an official cooperation pact with the AVIAREPS group, a leading aviation service solutions provider in Europe, as its general agent in the Czech Republic.

Previously, in April 2019, within the framework of the official visit to the Czech Republic by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a senior delegation of Vietnam, Bamboo Airways and Prague International Airport had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the presence of the Prime Ministers of both nations.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Ho Minh Tuan at the signing ceremony between Bamboo Airways and Prague International Airport.



More than 80,000 Vietnamese live in the Czech Republic now, making Vietnamese the third biggest minority group in the country, which also pushes demand for air travel between the two countries, according to official figures.

"The Hanoi - Prague route operated by Bamboo Airways is the only direct route from the Czech Republic to the ASEAN region, a very dynamic area with more than 600 million people. Therefore, this route not only aims to connect Vietnam with the Czech Republic but also connects Southeast Asia with the European Union," said Vietnamese Ambassador to Czech Republic, Ho Minh Tuan.

Bamboo Airways said it will offer 5-star service for the route. Photo courtersy of the airline.



Launched in January 2019, Bamboo Airways now operates flights on 34 domestic and international routes. It has conducted more than 20,000 flights to date with over 3 million passengers. In just one year, the airline reported pre-tax profits of VND303 billion ($13 million).

A recent report by Mastercard said Vietnam has the second fastest growing outbound market in the Asia Pacific region after Myanmar, with projected annual growth of 9.5 percent between 2016 and 2021. The firm also forecast that 7.5 million Vietnamese will travel outside the country in 2021.


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[Viet]

A bit weird with this country in Europe

Many Czech are radicals, extreme nationalists, xenophobic, dislike foreigners. On the other hand, Vietnamese living in Czech are recognized as national ethnic minority. That gives Vietnamese the rights to use their mother language in public places and courts.

https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integr...d-belarusians-recognized-as-ethnic-minorities

SAPA wholesale market in Prague which sells Vietnamese and Asian foods. Photo by Tae-Sik Kim.

Example of a trendy Vietnamese eatery in Prague whose name plays with the Czech word for soup (polévka) and the name of the traditional Vietnamese soup (phở). Photo by Tae-Sik Kim.

Vietnam red star flag in Prague
In other places in Europe that would provoke a fight with other exile Vietnamese groups that favor Republicans yellow red stripes flag.


Photo: VNA

@AViet

 

[AViet]

A bit weird with this country in Europe

Many Czech are radicals, extreme nationalists, xenophobic, dislike foreigners. On the other hand, Vietnamese living in Czech are recognized as national ethnic minority. That gives Vietnamese the rights to use their mother language in public places and courts.

https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integr...d-belarusians-recognized-as-ethnic-minorities

SAPA wholesale market in Prague which sells Vietnamese and Asian foods. Photo by Tae-Sik Kim.

Example of a trendy Vietnamese eatery in Prague whose name plays with the Czech word for soup (polévka) and the name of the traditional Vietnamese soup (phở). Photo by Tae-Sik Kim.

Vietnam red star flag in Prague
In other places in Europe that would provoke a fight with other exile Vietnamese groups that favor Republicans yellow red stripes flag.


Photo: VNA

@AViet

Unlike ethnic Vietnamese in Germany, most ethnic Vietnamese in Czech or Poland are from North Vietnam, I guess.

 

[lcloo]

They must be Czech Republic citizens now since they chose to stay rather than return home.

Vietnamese immigrants began settling in Czechoslovakia during the Communist period, when they were invited as guest workers by the Czechoslovak government. Migration was encouraged by the Vietnamese authorities, with the intention that the migrants would return with skills and training.

Following the collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia, many Vietnamese people decided to remain in the country rather than return home. This first generation of immigrants has traditionally made a living as vendors in street markets or stalls

 

[Viet]

Unlike ethnic Vietnamese in Germany, most ethnic Vietnamese in Czech or Poland are from North Vietnam, I guess.

In Germany the percentage is about 50:50 because of immigration of northerners in recent years.

They must be Czech Republic citizens now since they chose to stay rather than return home.

Vietnamese immigrants began settling in Czechoslovakia during the Communist period, when they were invited as guest workers by the Czechoslovak government. Migration was encouraged by the Vietnamese authorities, with the intention that the migrants would return with skills and training.

Following the collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia, many Vietnamese people decided to remain in the country rather than return home. This first generation of immigrants has traditionally made a living as vendors in street markets or stalls

Vietnam was back then in the 1990s very poor, so most wanted to stay.