Airlines

The international flights are requested to be safely conducted and comply with preventive measures.

The airlines are responsible for checking the negative status for SARS-COV-2 of passengers when boarding.

Tour operators in the city should continue preparing new products while the city is fighting the pandemic.

During the meantime, the government’s priority would be to address difficulties and concerns of operating Vietnamese airlines.

Vietnam Airlines will hold 98% stake in Jetstar Pacific after purchasing Qantas’ share.

The commercial flights must ensure safe measures to prevent Covid-19 transmission.

Air, rail and road passenger transport will run at normal frequency across the country.

The national airline announced on April 5 to limit the number of passengers per flight to Ho Chi Minh City to ensure testing passengers for Covid-19.

Local airlines could see a decline in revenue of up to VND65 trillion (US$2.7billion) due to the pandemic, much higher than an earlier estimate of VND30 trillion (US$1.27 billion).

Before the nCoV outbreak, three Vietnamese airlines namely Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and VietJet operated 87 regular and charter flight routes to 54 destinations in China with a total of 401 flights per week.