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Vietnam Airlines to fly to Perth
Scheduled to take off on 7 December 2023, the airline will operate the route with thrice weekly flights using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Flight VN791 is slated to depart from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) at 17:50 every Monday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving in Perth at 23:05. Flight VN790 is scheduled to leave Perth at 00:50 every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving back in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) at 06:10 the following day.
In addition to an extensive inflight entertainment system, service highlights include an unique inflight menu infused with rich Vietnamese flavors and a wide selection of Vietnamese coffee.
“Securing this new direct flight between Vietnam and Perth opens up an abundance of opportunities between the two countries and represents a whole new inbound visitor market for Western Australia’s industry, tourism and hospitality sectors-supporting jobs and boosting the economy,” said Roger Cook, Western Australia Premier. “The flights further cement out important airlinks within the South East Asia region, who we have a strong relationship and track record with, and my Government is very proud of this progress and the growing opportunities in the future.”
Not only is Perth the capital and largest city of Western Australia, there are also about 300,000 Vietnamese people living and working there.
Before COVID, Vietnam was Perth’s 10th largest international market and the second largest market without direct flights from Perth. Perth is also the third largest market in Australia for Vietnam travel.
With the new nonstop Ho Chi Minh – Perth route, Vietnam Airlines will be operating 23 round-trip flights per week between Vietnam and Australia, with an average of three flights per day.
Vietnam Airlines will serve a total of 5 nonstop services to Australia including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh – Melbourne; Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh – Sydney and Ho Chi Minh – Perth. All flights are operated by modern wide-body aircraft Airbus A350 or Boeing 787.
Source: Travel Daily News Asia