VietJet Air launches maiden flight to Taipei

[Viet]

WOW, the number has reached 400,000, never imagined that so many vietnamese reside in Taiwan, and the number keeps rising. We would welcome Taiwan to join in a Vietnam-Taiwan state union.

Any thoughts of chinese members?

• CNA
  
• 2014-12-14
  
• 15:47 (GMT+8)

A performance held at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to celebrate the launch of the flight to Taipei, Dec. 12. (Photo/Kao Hsin-yu)

VietJet Air, a budget airline from Vietnam, launched its maiden flight to Taipei Friday, and the carrier said that the new route has received warm welcome.

The first flight to Taipei, which was fully booked, took off from Ho Chi Minh City at 2:30pm Vietnam time and arrived at the Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei at 6:55pm local time, carrying a total of 180 passengers.

VietJet used an A320 aircraft to serve the new route. The plane was painted with the carrier's logo "VietJet" in English and its slogan "Enjoy Flying" in Vietnamese.

With the Christmas season approaching, flight attendants wore special deer horn hair ornaments to celebrate the maiden flight, while providing passengers with professional services. Many passengers said they were impressed with the service of flight attendants.

Among the 180 passengers on the flight was a Vietnamese magician who performed in front of other passengers and drew applause. On the flight, attendants also handed out gifts for the passengers, exclusively for the maiden flight, delighting them.

After the flight arrived in Taipei, VietJet held a ribbon cutting ceremony. Its flight attendants danced vigorously to boost the atmosphere, while Chinese traditional dragon and lion dances also attracted much attention in the airport.

Before the first flight took off in Ho Chi Minh City, VietJet executive president Luu Duc Khanh said that he expected the new service will provide more convenience to 400,000 Vietnamese who are living in Taiwan as well many Taiwanese investors operating in Vietnam.

Luu called for Taiwanese authorities to relax rules in the visa application process for Vietnamese visitors to Taiwan to strengthen tourism exchanges between the two countries.

In response, Huang Chih-peng, Taiwan's representative to Vietnam, said that Taipei will come up with measures to simplify the visa application process for Vietnamese visitors in an appropriate manner.

VietJet provides five round-trip flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei every week. The return flight takes off at 8pm Taipei time in the Taoyuan International Airport and arrives in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport at 10:25pm Vietnam time.

VietJet said that the carrier is planning to launch services between Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and Taipei in mid-2015, and additional services between Ho Chi Minh City and Kaohsiung by the end of next year.

It said it is providing promotional tickets for its services to Taipei, urging passengers to log on its official website for more information.


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[MarkusS]

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Nice A320 Do you know if VietJet owns the airplanes or leases them?

 

[Edison Chen]

Nice A320 Do you know if VietJet owns the airplanes or leases them?

Maybe half and half, some planes are their own, some are operating lease, some are capital lease.

 

[Viet]

Nice A320 Do you know if VietJet owns the airplanes or leases them?

it mostly buys the aircraft. the money comes from the stockholders (it is a privately listed company) and loans. it places a huge order of new 63 airbus (A320) at begin of this year. With an option of additional 30 aircraft.

Vietjet Air bestätigt Bestellung von 63 A320 bei Airbus | aeroTELEGRAPH

each aircraft is painted by a special theme.

 

[MarkusS]

it mostly buys the aircraft. the money comes from the stockholders (it is a privately listed company) and loans. it places a huge order of new 63 airbus (A320) at begin of this year. With an option of additional 30 aircraft.

Vietjet Air bestätigt Bestellung von 63 A320 bei Airbus | aeroTELEGRAPH

each aircraft is painted by a special theme.

Good choice. The A320 family fits perfectly for their destinations. Its good that Vietnam opened its market. You will see much more competition and better service soon.

 

[BoQ77]

A320 with about 180 seats, narrow body, suitable to regional flights.
It's exactly the main type of aircraft, Air Asia, the most successful budget airliner, using.
VietjetAir used to be a budget airliner, now they want to remove the "budget" word because they worried that the passengers would consider "budget" as "poor quality".

We realize the BIDV ( Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam ) and HD Bank printed on the airplane, it may include Vietcombank too.

 

[Edison Chen]

it mostly buys the aircraft. the money comes from the stockholders (it is a privately listed company) and loans. it places a huge order of new 63 airbus (A320) at begin of this year. With an option of additional 30 aircraft.

Vietjet Air bestätigt Bestellung von 63 A320 bei Airbus | aeroTELEGRAPH

each aircraft is painted by a special theme.

I can't read Germany, but I doubt you buy most of them, it's heavy burden, most airline companies own some planes and lease some planes.

 

[Viet]

Maybe half and half, some planes are their own, some are operating lease, some are capital lease.

yes, VietJet plans to offer long haul operation with new wide body aircraft for long haul trips will be leased.

Good choice. The A320 family fits perfectly for their destinations. Its good that Vietnam opened its market. You will see much more competition and better service soon.

thanks mate

 

[Echo_419]

WOW, the number has reached 400,000, never imagined that so many vietnamese reside in Taiwan, and the number keeps rising. We would welcome Taiwan to join in a Vietnam-Taiwan state union.

Any thoughts of chinese members?

• CNA
  
• 2014-12-14
  
• 15:47 (GMT+8)

A performance held at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to celebrate the launch of the flight to Taipei, Dec. 12. (Photo/Kao Hsin-yu)

VietJet Air, a budget airline from Vietnam, launched its maiden flight to Taipei Friday, and the carrier said that the new route has received warm welcome.

The first flight to Taipei, which was fully booked, took off from Ho Chi Minh City at 2:30pm Vietnam time and arrived at the Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei at 6:55pm local time, carrying a total of 180 passengers.

VietJet used an A320 aircraft to serve the new route. The plane was painted with the carrier's logo "VietJet" in English and its slogan "Enjoy Flying" in Vietnamese.

With the Christmas season approaching, flight attendants wore special deer horn hair ornaments to celebrate the maiden flight, while providing passengers with professional services. Many passengers said they were impressed with the service of flight attendants.

Among the 180 passengers on the flight was a Vietnamese magician who performed in front of other passengers and drew applause. On the flight, attendants also handed out gifts for the passengers, exclusively for the maiden flight, delighting them.

After the flight arrived in Taipei, VietJet held a ribbon cutting ceremony. Its flight attendants danced vigorously to boost the atmosphere, while Chinese traditional dragon and lion dances also attracted much attention in the airport.

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Before the first flight took off in Ho Chi Minh City, VietJet executive president Luu Duc Khanh said that he expected the new service will provide more convenience to 400,000 Vietnamese who are living in Taiwan as well many Taiwanese investors operating in Vietnam.

Luu called for Taiwanese authorities to relax rules in the visa application process for Vietnamese visitors to Taiwan to strengthen tourism exchanges between the two countries.

In response, Huang Chih-peng, Taiwan's representative to Vietnam, said that Taipei will come up with measures to simplify the visa application process for Vietnamese visitors in an appropriate manner.

VietJet provides five round-trip flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei every week. The return flight takes off at 8pm Taipei time in the Taoyuan International Airport and arrives in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport at 10:25pm Vietnam time.

VietJet said that the carrier is planning to launch services between Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and Taipei in mid-2015, and additional services between Ho Chi Minh City and Kaohsiung by the end of next year.

It said it is providing promotional tickets for its services to Taipei, urging passengers to log on its official website for more information.


VietJet Air launches maiden flight to Taipei｜Economy｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com

Good for Vietnamese-Taiwanese ties

 

[Edison Chen]

yes, VietJet plans to offer long haul operation with new wide body aircraft for long haul trips will be leased.


thanks mate

Your planes are more beautiful than the stewardess

 

[MarkusS]

I can't read Germany, but I doubt you buy most of them, it's heavy burden, most airline companies own some planes and lease some planes.

I must correct you. I work at Airbus (trainee ^^) and can tell you, that VietAir did indeed order 63 A320. It is a very huge order for a brandnew airline. The contract will be fullfilled over many years, so it will be most likely a timespan around 10 years until the last machine is delivered.

 

[Edison Chen]

I must correct you. I work at Airbus (trainee ^^) and can tell you, that VietAir did indeed order 63 A320. It is a very huge order for a brandnew airline. The contract will be fullfilled over many years, so it will be most likely a timespan around 10 years until the last machine is delivered.

Information from insiders.

Looks like VietAir is expanding, they will have more routes.

 

[MarkusS]

Information from insiders.

Looks like VietAir is expanding, they will have more routes.

yes. And its a pretty huge expansion. As far as i know they also plan to go internation with WB-airplanes. But those will be leased.

 

[TheTruth]

You'd accept being annexed by Taiwan?