Aviation Circle News Vietnam Newly established airline-Bamboo Airways General Manager Deng Bisheng said on March 4 that in 2019, Yuezhu Airlines will open 37 to 40 routes, covering any airline in Vietnam nationwide point.
At the same time, Yuezhu Airlines is launching plans to fly international routes to Asia, Europe, Australia and other international routes to Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Australia in the second quarter of this year.
For the US market, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the Vietnam Airlines Administration Level 1 Aviation Safety Supervision Capability (CAT 1) approval certificate, Vietnam Airlines is visiting Seattle, Los Angeles , San Francisco is planned to open direct routes to the United States by the end of 2019 or early 2020.
To carry out this plan, during the second North Korea-US summit just held, under the witness of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the State Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Trump , Viet Zhu Airlines signed from the United States Boeing Group ordered a deal to order 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner worth nearly US$3 billion.
Previously, in 2018, Yuezhu Airlines had ordered 24 Airbus A320neo narrow-body aircraft (valued at US$3.2 billion) and 20 Boeing 787-9 wide-body aircraft (valued at US$5.6 billion), with a total order value of 8.8 billion. USD (about RMB 60 billion). With the additional purchase of 10 Boeing 787s, Yuezhu Airlines' aircraft order amount is about US$11.6 billion (approximately RMB 77.8 billion).
Yuezhu Airlines is currently operating with leased aircraft, and is expected to receive more than 20 Airbus and Boeing aircraft from March to May 2019, and it is expected to operate with 40 to 50 aircraft by the end of 2019, while the original plan is 20 to 30 shelf.
Bamboo Airways is a new type of airline that combines low-cost airlines with traditional or full-service airlines to meet the needs of each segment. Yuezhu Airlines was officially launched on January 16, 2019. It is currently the fifth airline in Vietnam after Vietnam Airlines , Jetstar Pacific Airlines , Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Airlines Flight Services Company.
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