The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air on November 9th announced it would launch a Ha Noi-Busan route from December 16th, 2016.
Vietjet Vice President Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh was introducing the new route
The route will be operated every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with flying time of four hours thirty minutes per leg.
Flights take off from Ha Noi at 01:00 and land in Busan at 07:00 (local time). Return flights depart at 08:00 (local time) and arrive at 11:05.
In her speech at the launching ceremony, Vietjet Vice President Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh said that currently, the carrier is operating four routes connecting Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh city and Hai Phong with Seoul and Ha Noi with the dynamic city of Busan in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Busan, the second largest city in the RoK, is the next point of Vietjet's international network. The route is aimed at facilitating leisure and business travel with reasonable fares.
To welcome the new route, Vietjet plans to give away 200,000 promotional tickets priced from VND0 for online booking from November 16th - 18th, 2016 under “12pm! It’s time to Vietjet” at www.vietjetair.com.
The promotion applies to international routes from Viet Nam to Busan, Seoul, Hong Kong (China), Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan and Taichung. Travel periods are from December 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2017 (excluding public holidays).