The emblem of Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot is seen on an Airbus A320-200 in Colomiers close to Toulouse, France, Sept. 26, 2017. Picture by Reuters
Russian airline Aeroflot has introduced it is going to resume direct flights between Moscow and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis on Jan. 31 subsequent 12 months.
It might be a twice-weekly service with flights on Wednesdays and Sundays utilizing Boeing 777 plane with 368 seats, it stated on its web site.
It takes round 9 hours and quarter-hour to fly between the 2 cities.
In early December the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam allowed Aeroflot to restart direct providers, which additionally included flights to Hanoi, it had suspended in March final 12 months because of the struggle between Russia and Ukraine.
Vietnam Airways, the one Vietnamese service to fly to Russia, additionally halted its Moscow service on the similar time.
For almost two years passengers touring between Vietnam and Russia have needed to take Emirates Airways, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airways flights with halts within the Center East.
Evidently, fares have been greater.
Earlier than Covid-19 broke out in late 2019 Russia had been one of many 10 largest sources of vacationers for Vietnam.
With out direct flights, arrivals from Russia have fallen to 97,000 this 12 months, a fifth of the pre-Covid quantity, with folks primarily arriving on constitution flights.