Vietnam Airlines is all set to increase its services from five weekly to daily nonstop flights between Vietnam and India effective March 26, 2023. The airline current serves five weekly services on routes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Delhi.
The airline will deploy its A321s with 184 seats thereby increasing its weekly seat capacity to India by 29%. Delhi is served by three flights a week from Hanoi and two flights from Ho Chi Minh City
Four weekly flights will depart Hanoi for Delhi on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The other three weekly flights will depart Ho Chi Minh City for Delhi on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Vietnam Airlines is also launching promotional fares on flights between Vietnam and India to support the capacity increase. India is one of the top 10 source markets with the largest international visitor arrivals to Vietnam during the first two months of 2023.
Vietnam Airlines resumed direct flights to India in June 2022. It plans to start a service from Ho Chi Minh City to Mumbai, India, later this year.