Hong Kong-based Dragonair on October 26, 2008 launched the Hong Kong-Hanoi route using A320 and A321 aircraft, offering daily service at some 380 USD for a two-way ticket.
Hanoi is the eighth destination of Dragonair since it became a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, said Peter Sanderson, Dragonair’s general director and also captain of the first flight on the new route.
Sanderson expressed his confidence in the success of the business due to Vietnam ’s rapidly growing economy and open tourism market, saying the airlines’ next destination will be Ho Chi Minh City.
Dragonair possesses a fleet of 32 passenger aircraft and 5 freighters, providing service to 34 destinations in the region.