Covid-19 resurgence hits Vietnam transportation sector
Instead of returning home or traveling during the Tet holiday, people would choose to stay put due to concern of the pandemic.
Instead of returning home or traveling during the Tet holiday, people would choose to stay put due to concern of the pandemic.
It would be unfair for others if only Vietnam Airlines can receive the state support, while others still struggling for survival.
Given the prime ministerial decision, Vietnam would have a sixth operational airline.
Vietnam’s aviation authority would give permission for airlines to resume flight routes to six major markets namely South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Laos and Cambodia.
During the meantime, the government’s priority would be to address difficulties and concerns of operating Vietnamese airlines.
The airline is scheduled to start operation in 2021, with target passengers being some one million tourists that tour operator Vietravel, the airline’s owner, is serving annually.
Local airports are required to keep applying safety protocol against Covid-19 as the pandemic has not been radically wiped out.
Vietnam has closed non-essential services and called on people to stay home until April 15.
All air carriers have temporarily halted international flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Vietnamese aviation market has been recording double-digit growth in the last four years, but the growth rate is slowing.