Together with returning to services from April 16 and update on tickets and flight schedule on website, these airlines also proactively conduct measures to ensure customers’ health and safety.
Increasing flight frequency
According to the latest updates, lots of airlines in Vietnam will resume their domestic flights from April 16, in which social distancing orders will be lifted as indicated in the Directive 16/CT-TTg of Government. The detailed flight schedule has been shown on the website as well as the ticket agents.
In particular, Vietjet air will release plenty of promotions for customers along with recommencing the domestic services. Vietnam Airlines also announces to upsurge flights connecting Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City from April 16 to April 24 as well as a few niche routes.
Bamboo Airways also re-operates domestic flights from April 16, specifically rising the frequency of flights from Ha Noi – Ho Chi Minh city up to 7 round-trip flights/day, proceeding to normal operation from Ha Noi and Ho Chi Mi city to almost airports nationwide from April 20, including the route Ha Noi – Cam Ranh/Da Nang/Phu Quoc/Quy Nhon and Ho Chi Minh city – Da Nang/Hai Phong/Thanh Hoa/Quy Nhon/ Vinh,…
Together with returning to services from April 16 and update on tickets and flight schedule on website, these airlines also proactively conduct measures to ensure customers’ health and safety.
According to the statistics of Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, aside the negative influences on business performances, all airlines have made great effort in maintaining and assuring flight quality during the first quarter of 2020.
The punctual rate of aviation this period was 82.2%, of which Bamboo Airways led continuously in three months with the punctual rate of 95.4%, followed by VASCO with 93.5% while Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jestar Pacific shared the 3rd, 4th and 5th position with the punctual rate of 91,4%, 83,3% and 83,2% respectively.
Those are remarkable results amid the preparation time contains additional time-consuming procedures such as cleaning services, disinfection and so on.
The notable changes
Therefore, above is the positive and worth-noting changes of the aviation after the directive of Government and Ministry of Transport which requested all domestic airlines to suspend all international services and cut down on domestic ones in a joint effort to minimize the outbreak of COVID-19 dated back on March 30, 2020.
Lots of experts shared positive thoughts on the recovering potentials of the aviation after the pandemic is over, similar to what happened after the SARs epidemic.
Mr. Eric Lin, an aviation analyst at UBS bank, predicted a recovery of aviation in V-shaped graph after COVID-19 outbreak. He believed that the travelling demand which was strongly compressed during the pandemic would be release, not to mention the rising demand.
Similarly, Mr. Mayur Patel, an Asia expert of the world’s largest network of air travel data OAG, stated that the previous experiences of the previous incidents corroborate the rapid recovery of aviation. One the virus is controlled; the travelling demand will surge.
In Vietnam, the facts that the airlines Vietnam return their domestic services after the COVID-19 has partly under control and the support policy of related government departments are positive signals and promises the recovery of Vietnam aviation after struggling months against the negative effects of the pandemic.
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