Opening of Vietnam Airlines Representative Office in Vinh City

(Baonghean) - On the morning of December 26, Vietnam Airlines held the opening ceremony of Vietnam Airlines Representative Office in Vinh City, Nghe An Province. Attending the ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, representatives of some provincial departments, agencies, Vinh City and representatives of Vietnam Airlines Office in the Northern region.

After 16 years of operation, Vietnam Airlines has now officially established its headquarters in Vinh City, Nghe An. This is a favorable condition for Vietnam Airlines to expand its services to better serve customers in the area. Currently, Vietnam Airlines has 8 ticket agents in Vinh City, accounting for 80% of the market share in Nghe An. In the first 11 months of the year alone, the airline had more than 1,600 flights with more than 192,000 passengers. It is expected that in 2011, there will be about 220,000 passengers on flights Vinh - Ho Chi Minh City; Vinh - Hanoi, an increase of 20 - 25% compared to last year. Particularly on days before Tet, the number of passengers sometimes increases 2 - 3 times compared to normal days.

Ribbon cutting ceremony for opening Representative Office in Vinh

To meet the travel needs of customers, the airline will increase additional flights. Regarding facilities, Vinh Airport has been invested in upgrading, installing modern, synchronous navigation equipment, operating more conveniently, ensuring no missed flights or canceled flights due to bad weather as before.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong highly appreciated the contributions of Vietnam Airlines in the past to the socio-economic development of the province. He hoped that in the coming time, Vietnam Airlines will continue to increase flights and open more routes from Vinh airport to meet the increasing travel needs of customers. From there, the province will have more conditions to attract investment, especially foreign investment. Nghe An province will create the most favorable conditions in terms of mechanisms and policies for Vietnam Airlines to develop infrastructure such as airports, routes and other services.

Thanh Le