Jetstar Pacific to sell discount fares
HCMC - LOT Polish Airlines has appointed the aviation and travel services provider TransViet as its general sales agent (GSA) in Vietnam less than three months before the carrier launches direct flights to Hanoi.
Nguyen Hai, chairman of TransViet Group, told the Daily on the phone on Wednesday that LOT Polish Airlines was the newest foreign airline that had approved the company as the GSA in Vietnam. Currently, TransViet represents more than 10 foreign airlines in this market.
LOT on Wednesday announced the start of direct services between Hanoi and Warsaw on November 15 this year. This is the latest of 10 new routes to be launched by LOT this year, said Krzysztof Kolodziej, general manager of the polish airline in Vietnam.
Kolodziej said LOT would be the only airline providing direct air link between Warsaw and Hanoi, at a frequency of three times every week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This new connection will be served by Boeing 767-300 aircraft configured with 225 economy-class seats and 18 business-class seats.
Hai of TransViet said the flights departing from Hanoi at midnight would arrive in Warsaw early morning, enabling easy LOT network connections at Warsaw Airport thanks to Poland’s geographical location in the heart of Europe.
The member of STAR Alliance, the world’s biggest airline alliance, sells a two-way fare for the Hanoi-Warsaw flights from US$380, exclusive of taxes and surcharges on its website at www.lot.com and ticketing office in Hanoi as well as travel agencies in Vietnam.
* Vietnam’s low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines will sell one-way fares from VND300,000 (US$15.7) at www.jetstar.com this Friday to offer many more people an opportunity to travel by air within Vietnam.
The discount fare will apply to Jetstar Pacific’s flights from HCMC and Hanoi to Danang and vice versa from September 7 to October 27 this year. The single fare for the HCMC-Hanoi flights starts from VND600,000 (less than US$30).
Jetstar Pacific allows passengers to pay online for the discount fares by such credit cards as Visa, MasterCard, Amex and JCB as well as ATM Connect 24 issued by Vietcombank, E-Partner by VietinBank and other debit cards by Vietnam International Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (VIB), DongA Bank and Housing Development Bank (HD Bank).
Every day, Jetstar Pacific operates 10 return flights between HCMC and Hanoi, four services between HCMC and Danang, and two between Hanoi and Danang. The carrier now has 40 daily domestic flights, using Airbus A320 and Boeing B737-400 and including those to Hue, Vinh and Haiphong.
