Bamboo Airways
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| IATA code : | QH |
| ICAO code : | BAV |
| Call sign : | BAMBOO |
| Founding: | 2017 |
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Qui Nhơn , Vietnam
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Phu Cat Airport , Hanoi |
| Management: | Đặng Tất Thắng ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 22 (+ 60 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | bambooairway.com |
Bamboo Airways is a Vietnamese low-cost airline based in Qui Nhơn and based at Phù Cát Airport .
history
The company was registered on May 31, 2017. Bamboo’s parent company is the FLC Group, a conglomerate of financial services, real estate, tourism, raw materials, media, education and recruiting. The company received its Air Operator Certificate in the summer of 2018 and was licensed by the National Civil Aviation Authority in November. After flight operations began in January with 4 aircraft, 9 aircraft were already available by the end of May 2019 and six months later, after the first Dreamliner went into operation, 18 aircraft were in service.
Destinations
From January 2019, Bamboo Airways began serving destinations in Vietnam such as Quảng Ninh , Hai Phong , Thanh Hóa , Đồng Hới , Qui Nhơn , Phú Quốc and Nha Trang as well as in neighboring countries with leased aircraft . With the addition of the A321 Neo, more flight destinations are to be added in the region. Boeing 787s are planned for flights to China , Japan and South Korea .
The first long-haul destination is expected to be the Czech capital Prague from April 26, 2020 . Munich Airport and Bamboo Airways have also signed a letter of intent to start non-stop connections to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from July 2020. The routes are served with a Dreamliner .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Bamboo Airways fleet consists of 22 aircraft with an average age of 5.7 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | formerly leased from Pembroke | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 6th | 3 | One each leased from Sky Angkor Airlines , Freebird Airlines and, from May 2019, Himalaya Airlines | |
| Airbus A320neo | 5 | |||
| Airbus A321-200 | 3 | |||
| Airbus A321neo | 4th | 50 | ||
| Boeing 787-9 | 3 | 7th | first delivery in mid-December 2019, 20 aircraft are to be leased | |
| total | 22nd | 60 | ||
In March 2018 it was announced that Bamboo Airways intends to purchase up to 24 Airbus A321 Neo . The aircraft should be delivered between 2022 and 2025. If everything goes according to plan, 24 to 26 A321 LRs could even be added, it said.
The company had entered into an obligation to purchase 20 Boeing 787s , according to a press release from the manufacturer on June 25, 2018. In February 2019, an intention to operate 30 units was communicated.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bamboo Airways Homepage with Business Registration Code ( Memento from January 18, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bamboo Airways wants to start flight operations with the A321neo . aerobuzz.de. March 26, 2018.
- ↑ Bamboo Airways Airline Profile | CAPA ( en )
- ↑ Bamboo Airways Gets Green Light To Begin Commercial Operations , November 13, 2018
- ↑ a b Viet Nam's Bamboo Airways receives first B787s , ch-aviation, December 17, 2019
- ↑ FLC Announces Airbus A321neo Order For Bamboo Air ( en ) Accessed March 27, 2018.
- ↑ FLC Group signs MoU for 24 A321neos for Bamboo Airways | CAPA ( en )
- ↑ New Vietnamese airline: Bamboo Airways heads for Munich. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. March 2, 2020, accessed on March 4, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ Bamboo Airways Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Viet Nam's Bamboo Airways wet-leases Nepalese A320 , ch-aviation, May 23, 2019
- ↑ a b Startup Airline Bamboo Airways Orders 50 Airbus A321neo Aircraft , simpleflying.com, April 2, 2019
- ↑ Vietnamese startup Bamboo Airways commits to A321neo ( en ) Retrieved on March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Chief Assignment Editor: FLC Group selects A321neo for start-up airline Bamboo Airways - eTurboNews (eTN) (en-US) . In: eTurboNews (eTN) , March 26, 2018. Accessed March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Vietnam's Bamboo Airways commits to 20 Boeing aircraft . Reuters. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ Bamboo Airways buys ten more Boeing 787-9s and Boeing and Trump celebrate orders in Vietnam , Aerotelegraph, February 27, 2019