VietJet Air

VietJet Air
IATA code :	VJ
ICAO code :	VJC
Call sign :	VIETJETAIR
Founding:	2012
Seat:	Hanoi , Vietnam
Turnstile :	Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City;
Home airport :	Hanoi
IATA prefix code :	978
Management:	Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
Passenger volume:	9.3 million (2015)
Fleet size:	75 (+ 324 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.vietjetair.com

VietJet Air is a Vietnamese low-cost airline based in Hanoi and based at Hanoi Airport .

history

Airbus A320-200 of VietJet Air in the old color scheme

VietJet Air was founded in late 2007, making it the first private airline founded in Vietnam. In fact, the first to take off was the now bankrupt Indochina Airlines . Until now the market had been controlled by the state. It was originally planned to start at the end of 2008; the capital was 32 million US dollars . But there were numerous delays for various reasons. In February 2010, the Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia acquired a 30 percent stake in the VietJet, which had not yet taken off. As a result, VietJet had to rename itself to VietJet Air by order of the state . In summer 2010, the company announced another postponement of the start of operations for the fifth time.

The airline finally took off on December 25, 2011. The first plane had previously arrived in Vietnam on December 14th. At the start of operations, the fleet consisted of three leased Airbus A320-200s , which had previously been in service with the failed Kuwaiti Wataniya Airways . The first route led from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City , which is served three times a day. Thus, there were more than four years between the establishment and the start of flight operations. The second route, the Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang route, was announced, starting in February 2012. Da Nang - Hanoi is also part of the program. All routes are by far the most important in Vietnam.

In the next few years, VietJet Air plans to grow into a large airline. In addition to domestic destinations, she also wants to fly to international destinations in Southeast Asia . According to the company's own information, the crew members of the company should be composed internationally, which relates in particular to pilots etc. An IPO is planned and, according to the founder Nguyen Thi Phung Theo, should take place in the first half of 2016. Up to 30% of the company's shares should come onto the market.

service

VietJet Air offers three service variants (tariffs):

Promo
Eco
Skyboss (an extended service)

Destinations

VietJet Air serves destinations within Vietnam and Southeast Asia from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City .

fleet

Airbus A321-200 of VietJet Air

As of March 2020, the VietJet Air fleet consists of 75 aircraft with an average age of 3.8 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	22nd		14 equipped with sharklets ; two leased from Philippine Airlines	180
Airbus A321-200	39		equipped with sharklets	220 230
Airbus A321neo	14th	104	First delivery on December 29, 2017	230
Airbus A321XLR		20th		- open -
Boeing 737 MAX 200		200	Delivery probably from 2020	- open -
total	75	324

Web links

Commons : VietJet Air - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

VietJet Air website (Vietnamese, English)

Individual evidence

↑ aerotelegraph.com - Advance into Airbus stronghold: Vietjet Air orders 100 Boeing 737 Max, accessed on May 23, 2016

↑ vietnewsonline.vn - VietJet Air seeks to delay launch for 5th time, June 16, 2010 (English) ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

↑ vietnamairporttransfer.com - VietJet Air starting on December 25th (English)

↑ vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn - VietJet Air to take off next month (English)

↑ tuoitre.vn - Hàng không giá rẻ VietJet Air bay dịp tết (Vietnamese)

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