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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Vietnam Air Services Company
| airline = Vietnam Air Services Company<br />{{nobold|Công ty bay Dịch vụ Hàng không}}
Công ty bay Dịch vụ Hàng không Việt Nam
| logo = VASCO logo.svg
| logo = VASCO logo.svg
| logo_size =
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| parent = [[Vietnam Airlines]]
| parent = [[Vietnam Airlines]]
| company_slogan =
| company_slogan =
| founded = 1987
| founded = {{start date and age|1987|||df=y}}
| headquarters = [[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]]
| headquarters = [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
| key_people = Bui Ngoc Hoang
| key_people = Bui Ngoc Hoang
| aoc =
| aoc =
| hubs = [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]]
| hubs = [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport|Ho Chi Minh City]]
| secondary_hubs =
| secondary_hubs =
| focus_cities = [[Con Dao Airport]]
| focus_cities = [[Con Dao Airport|Con Dao]]
| frequent_flyer = Lotusmiles
| frequent_flyer = Lotusmiles
| lounge =
| lounge =
| alliance =
| alliance =
| num_employees =
| num_employees =
| website = http://www.vasco.com.vn/
| website = {{URL|www.vasco.com.vn}}
}}
}}


'''Vietnam Air Services Company''' ('''VASCO''') ({{lang-vi|Công ty bay dịch vụ hàng không}}) is an [[airline]] headquartered in [[Tân Bình District|Tân Bình]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam.<ref>"[http://www.vasco.com.vn/ Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205115402/http://www.vasco.com.vn/ |date=2005-02-05 }}." Vietnam Air Services Company. Retrieved on December 21, 2010. "Copyright by VIETNAM AIR SERVICES CO(VASCO) B114 Bạch Đằng St,Ward 2, Tan Binh Dist, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam"</ref> A fully owned [[subsidiary]] of [[Vietnam Airlines]], it mainly operates regional scheduled flights on behalf of Vietnam Airlines. It also conducts charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, [[oil platform]]s flights, and other aviation services.<ref name="VASCO website: About Us">{{cite web |url=http://www.vasco.com.vn/en/AboutUs.asp |title=VASCO website: About Us |access-date=2007-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529193852/http://www.vasco.com.vn/en/AboutUs.asp |archive-date=2007-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The '''Vietnam Air Services Company''' ({{lang-vi|Công ty Bay Dịch vụ Hàng không|lit=Aviation Service Flying Company}}), [[Trade name|operating as]] its acronym '''VASCO''', is an [[airline]] headquartered in [[Tân Bình District|Tân Bình]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam.<ref>"[http://www.vasco.com.vn/ Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205115402/http://www.vasco.com.vn/ |date=2005-02-05 }}." Vietnam Air Services Company. Retrieved on December 21, 2010. "Copyright by VIETNAM AIR SERVICES CO(VASCO) B114 Bạch Đằng St,Ward 2, Tan Binh Dist, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam"</ref> A fully owned [[subsidiary]] of [[Vietnam Airlines]], it mainly operates regional scheduled flights on behalf of Vietnam Airlines. It also conducts charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, [[oil platform]]s flights, and other aviation services.<ref name="VASCO website: About Us">{{cite web |url=http://www.vasco.com.vn/en/AboutUs.asp |title=VASCO website: About Us |access-date=2007-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529193852/http://www.vasco.com.vn/en/AboutUs.asp |archive-date=2007-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


VASCO was established by government directive in 1987, and was originally a part of [[Vietnam Airlines]], the [[Flag carrier|national carrier]].<ref name="VASCO website: About Us"/> It began scheduled passenger flights independently of Vietnam Airlines in 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/2004-07/16/Stories/18.htm |work=Viet Nam News |title=Vietnam Airlines' revenue takes off |date=17 July 2004}}</ref> and approval has been given for it to be partially privatized.<ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/11/30/afx4389933.html | work = Forbes |title=Vietnamese government approves country's first privately owned airline |date =30 November 2007 }}</ref> It has been reported that Vietnam Airlines wishes to use VASCO as a basis for a [[low-cost carrier]], established in conjunction with foreign partners.<ref name=forbes/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vneconomy.com.vn/eng/?param=article&catid=0613&id=4269bd61f05511 |work=Vietnam Economic Times |title=2007: Vietnam's aviation industry will renew itself |date=1 November 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731140537/http://vneconomy.vn/home.htm |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
VASCO was established by government directive in 1987, and was originally a part of [[Vietnam Airlines]], the [[Flag carrier|national carrier]].<ref name="VASCO website: About Us"/> It began scheduled passenger flights independently of Vietnam Airlines in 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/2004-07/16/Stories/18.htm |work=Viet Nam News |title=Vietnam Airlines' revenue takes off |date=17 July 2004}}</ref> and approval has been given for it to be partially privatized.<ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/11/30/afx4389933.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090307194726/http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/11/30/afx4389933.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2009 | work = Forbes |title=Vietnamese government approves country's first privately owned airline |date =30 November 2007 }}</ref> It has been reported that Vietnam Airlines wishes to use VASCO as a basis for a [[low-cost carrier]], established in conjunction with foreign partners.<ref name=forbes/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vneconomy.com.vn/eng/?param=article&catid=0613&id=4269bd61f05511 |work=Vietnam Economic Times |title=2007: Vietnam's aviation industry will renew itself |date=1 November 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731140537/http://vneconomy.vn/home.htm |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Destinations==
==Destinations==
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As of 2019, VASCO currently flies to ten destinations in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vasco.com.vn/destination|title=Điểm đến - CÔNG TY BAY DỊCH VỤ HÀNG KHÔNG (VASCO)|language=vi|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>
As of 2019, VASCO currently flies to ten destinations in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vasco.com.vn/destination|title=Điểm đến - CÔNG TY BAY DỊCH VỤ HÀNG KHÔNG (VASCO)|language=vi|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>


{|class="sortable wikitable"
;Current destinations
|-
*[[Cà Mau Airport]]
!Country
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*[[Cần Thơ International Airport]]
!City
*[[Con Dao Airport]] ''Focus city''
!Airport
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*[[Ho Chi Minh City]] – [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]], '''hub'''
!Notes
*[[Noi Bai International Airport|Ha Noi-Noi Bai]]
!class="unsortable"|Refs
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*[[Vinh International Airport]]
|-
*[[Dien Bien Phu Airport]]
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|{{Flag|Philippines}}||[[Subic Bay]]||[[Subic Bay International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sieuthihangchatluong.com/?Id=EStore&Act=View&DoanhNghiep=VASCO |title=Công Ty Bay Dịch Vụ Hàng Không - Công Ty Bay Dịch Vụ Hàng Không |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311032100/http://www.sieuthihangchatluong.com/?Id=EStore&Act=View&DoanhNghiep=VASCO |archive-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Rach Gia Airport]]
|-
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*[[Phu Quoc International Airport]]
|rowspan="16"|{{Flag|Vietnam}}||[[Cà Mau]]||[[Ca Mau Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
*[[Dong Hoi Airport]]
|-

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|[[Cần Thơ]]||[[Can Tho International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
;Former destinations
|-
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* '''Philippines''' – Subic Bay<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sieuthihangchatluong.com/?Id=EStore&Act=View&DoanhNghiep=VASCO |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311032100/http://www.sieuthihangchatluong.com/?Id=EStore&Act=View&DoanhNghiep=VASCO |archive-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Côn Đảo]]||[[Con Dao Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||align=center|
* '''Vietnam''' – [[Chu Lai International Airport]], Da Lat, Da Nang, [[Dong Tac Airport]], Quy Nhon, Vũng Tàu<ref>[http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/VASCO-mo-them-2-duong-bay-ngan/10879313/87/]</ref><ref>[http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/Vasco-va-nhung-thay-doi-tren-cac-duong-bay-phia-Nam/45157476/87/]</ref>
|-
|[[Chu Lai]]||[[Chu Lai International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|
|-
|[[Da Lat]]||[[Lien Khuong International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|
|-
|[[Da Nang]]||[[Da Nang International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||align=center|
|-
|[[Điện Biên Phủ]]||[[Dien Bien Phu Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Đồng Hới]]||[[Dong Hoi Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Hanoi]]||[[Noi Bai International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||align=center|
|-
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|[[Ho Chi Minh City]]||[[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||align=center|
|-
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|[[Phu Quoc]]||[[Phu Quoc International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Qui Nhơn]]||[[Phu Cat Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|
|-
|[[Rạch Giá]]||[[Rach Gia Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Tuy Hòa]]||[[Dong Tac Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
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|[[Vinh]]||[[Vinh International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Vũng Tàu]]||[[Vung Tau Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/VASCO-mo-them-2-duong-bay-ngan/10879313/87/ |title=VASCO mở thêm 2 đường bay ngắn |website=vietbao.vn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613195117/http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/VASCO-mo-them-2-duong-bay-ngan/10879313/87/ |archive-date=2008-06-13}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/Vasco-va-nhung-thay-doi-tren-cac-duong-bay-phia-Nam/45157476/87/ |title=Vasco và những thay đổi trên các đường bay phía Nam |website=vietbao.vn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701041514/http://vietbao.vn/Kinh-te/Vasco-va-nhung-thay-doi-tren-cac-duong-bay-phia-Nam/45157476/87/ |archive-date=2010-07-01}} </ref>
|-
|}


==Fleet==
==Fleet==
[[File:Vasco at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.jpg|thumb|A VASCO [[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]] at [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]]]]
[[File:Vasco at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.jpg|thumb|A VASCO [[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]] at [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]]]]


As of April 2019, VASCO fleet consists of the following aircraft :<ref>{{cite web|title=Vietnam Airlines issues regional jet lease RfP|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/77417-vietnam-airlines-issues-regional-jet-lease-rfp|website=ch aviation|publisher=ch aviation|access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>
As of April 2019, VASCO fleet consists of the following aircraft :<ref>{{cite web|title=Vietnam Airlines issues regional jet lease RfP|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/77417-vietnam-airlines-issues-regional-jet-lease-rfp|website=ch aviation|access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center"
|+ '''VASCO fleet'''
|+ '''VASCO fleet'''
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|Transferred from [[Vietnam Airlines]]
|Transferred from [[Vietnam Airlines]]
|}
|}
</center>


==Former Fleets==
==Former fleets==
Here are the list of fleets formerly operated by VASCO.
Here are the list of fleets formerly operated by VASCO.
* [[Antonov An-2]]
* [[Antonov An-2]]
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It is believed{{when|date=May 2013}} that [[Vietnam Airlines]], VASCO's parent company, wants to change the airline into a low-cost model, therefore changing VASCO's operational name to Viet Air. It is also believed that the airline would be serving domestic flights within Vietnam to destinations that are low-yielding as well as competing head on with [[Jetstar Pacific]] and [[VietJet Air]]. Vietnam Airlines would add more aircraft to VASCO's fleet if the plans are materialized.
It is believed{{when|date=May 2013}} that [[Vietnam Airlines]], VASCO's parent company, wants to change the airline into a low-cost model, therefore changing VASCO's operational name to Viet Air. It is also believed that the airline would be serving domestic flights within Vietnam to destinations that are low-yielding as well as competing head on with [[Jetstar Pacific]] and [[VietJet Air]]. Vietnam Airlines would add more aircraft to VASCO's fleet if the plans are materialized.


In April, 2016, [[Vietnam Airlines]] announced the establishment of the new VNĐ300 billion (US$13.4 million) airline in the previous month, based on the restructuring of its subsidiary, VASCO, to a new brand: SkyViet.<ref>{{cite web|title=VASCO to be renamed SkyViet|url=http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/294728/vasco-to-be-renamed-skyviet.html|website=VietnamNews|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref>However, in 2017, the plan was ultimately cancelled due to the requests from the stakeholders.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SkyViet flight meets untimely end - News VietNamNet|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/180152/skyviet-flight-meets-untimely-end.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=english.vietnamnet.vn}}</ref>
In April, 2016, [[Vietnam Airlines]] announced the establishment of the new VNĐ300 billion (US$13.4 million) airline in the previous month, based on the restructuring of its subsidiary, VASCO, to a new brand: SkyViet.<ref>{{cite web|title=VASCO to be renamed SkyViet|url=http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/294728/vasco-to-be-renamed-skyviet.html|website=VietnamNews|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref> However, in 2017, the plan was ultimately cancelled due to the requests from the stakeholders.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SkyViet flight meets untimely end - News VietNamNet|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/180152/skyviet-flight-meets-untimely-end.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=english.vietnamnet.vn}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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{{Airlines of Vietnam}}
{{Airlines of Vietnam}}


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[[Category:Airlines of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Airlines of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Vietnam Airlines]]
[[Category:Vietnam Airlines]]
[[Category:Government-owned companies of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Vietnamese companies established in 1987]]
[[Category:Vietnamese companies established in 1987]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1987]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1987]]


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Latest revision as of 15:53, 25 March 2024

Vietnam Air Services Company
Công ty bay Dịch vụ Hàng không
IATA ICAO Callsign
0V VFC VASCO AIR
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
HubsHo Chi Minh City
Focus citiesCon Dao
Frequent-flyer programLotusmiles
Fleet size6
Destinations10
Parent companyVietnam Airlines
HeadquartersHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Key peopleBui Ngoc Hoang
Websitewww.vasco.com.vn

The Vietnam Air Services Company (Vietnamese: Công ty Bay Dịch vụ Hàng không, lit. 'Aviation Service Flying Company'), operating as its acronym VASCO, is an airline headquartered in Tân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1] A fully owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, it mainly operates regional scheduled flights on behalf of Vietnam Airlines. It also conducts charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, oil platforms flights, and other aviation services.[2]

VASCO was established by government directive in 1987, and was originally a part of Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier.[2] It began scheduled passenger flights independently of Vietnam Airlines in 2004,[3] and approval has been given for it to be partially privatized.[4] It has been reported that Vietnam Airlines wishes to use VASCO as a basis for a low-cost carrier, established in conjunction with foreign partners.[4][5]

Destinations[edit]

A VASCO ATR-72 on the ground at Con Dao Airport, Vietnam

As of 2019, VASCO currently flies to ten destinations in Vietnam.[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
 Philippines Subic Bay Subic Bay International Airport Terminated [7]
 Vietnam Cà Mau Ca Mau Airport
Cần Thơ Can Tho International Airport
Côn Đảo Con Dao Airport Focus city
Chu Lai Chu Lai International Airport Terminated
Da Lat Lien Khuong International Airport Terminated
Da Nang Da Nang International Airport Hub
Điện Biên Phủ Dien Bien Phu Airport
Đồng Hới Dong Hoi Airport
Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport Hub
Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport Hub
Phu Quoc Phu Quoc International Airport
Qui Nhơn Phu Cat Airport Terminated
Rạch Giá Rach Gia Airport
Tuy Hòa Dong Tac Airport
Vinh Vinh International Airport
Vũng Tàu Vung Tau Airport Terminated [8][9]

Fleet[edit]

A VASCO ATR 72-500 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport

As of April 2019, VASCO fleet consists of the following aircraft :[10]

VASCO fleet
Aircraft Total Order Passengers Notes
ATR-72-500 6 0 68 Transferred from Vietnam Airlines

Former fleets[edit]

Here are the list of fleets formerly operated by VASCO.

Restructuring and rebranding[edit]

It is believed[when?] that Vietnam Airlines, VASCO's parent company, wants to change the airline into a low-cost model, therefore changing VASCO's operational name to Viet Air. It is also believed that the airline would be serving domestic flights within Vietnam to destinations that are low-yielding as well as competing head on with Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air. Vietnam Airlines would add more aircraft to VASCO's fleet if the plans are materialized.

In April, 2016, Vietnam Airlines announced the establishment of the new VNĐ300 billion (US$13.4 million) airline in the previous month, based on the restructuring of its subsidiary, VASCO, to a new brand: SkyViet.[11] However, in 2017, the plan was ultimately cancelled due to the requests from the stakeholders.[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Home Archived 2005-02-05 at the Wayback Machine." Vietnam Air Services Company. Retrieved on December 21, 2010. "Copyright by VIETNAM AIR SERVICES CO(VASCO) B114 Bạch Đằng St,Ward 2, Tan Binh Dist, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam"
  2. ^ a b "VASCO website: About Us". Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. ^ "Vietnam Airlines' revenue takes off". Viet Nam News. 17 July 2004.
  4. ^ a b "Vietnamese government approves country's first privately owned airline". Forbes. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "2007: Vietnam's aviation industry will renew itself". Vietnam Economic Times. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Điểm đến - CÔNG TY BAY DỊCH VỤ HÀNG KHÔNG (VASCO)" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  7. ^ "Công Ty Bay Dịch Vụ Hàng Không - Công Ty Bay Dịch Vụ Hàng Không". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  8. ^ "VASCO mở thêm 2 đường bay ngắn". vietbao.vn. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13.
  9. ^ "Vasco và những thay đổi trên các đường bay phía Nam". vietbao.vn. Archived from the original on 2010-07-01.
  10. ^ "Vietnam Airlines issues regional jet lease RfP". ch aviation. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  11. ^ "VASCO to be renamed SkyViet". VietnamNews. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  12. ^ "SkyViet flight meets untimely end - News VietNamNet". english.vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

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