Two of the airline’s Airbus A320 aircraft took off from Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi on January 15 at 22:45 and 23:50, respectively. The return flights landed at Tan Son Nhat at 5:20 and Noi Bai at 4:35 on January 16.

Currently, the carrier operates four Ha Noi-Guangzhou flights each week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, along with five Ho Chi Minh City–Guangzhou flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Earlier, Jetstar Pacific also launched routes linking Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Chinese city of Hong Kong and another connecting the central city of Da Nang and Taipei in the Chinese province of Taiwan.

Guangzhou, the third largest city in China after Beijing and Shanghai, is an important transportation, economic and trade centre.

A Jetstar Pacific representative said that the new routes aim to better serve the rising number of passengers travelling between Viet Nam and Guangzhou, contributing to boosting tourism between the localities.

The carrier offered special tickets from VND 88,000 per leg on www.jetstar.com as well as through its agents nationwide.

Jetstar Pacific, with two major shareholders of Vietnam Airlines and Qantas of Australia’s Qantas Airway, currently operates 37 domestic and international air routes.