Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to London

Vietnam Airlines is to inaugurate flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to London this winter.  Four flights per week are planned using a Boeing 777-200ER and this is expected to increase to a daily schedule by 2014.

It is understood that Vietnam Airlines will initially offer two flights per week from Hanoi and two from Ho Chi Minh City and has selected Heathrow as its preferred London gateway, but has yet to secure the necessary slots at the airport.  As a member of the SkyTeam global alliance there is every chance that it may be able to secure slots from one of its partners with Air France or KLM perhaps giving up some of their own.

The airline is state run and is established in Europe with services to Paris CDG and Frankfurt plus Moscow Domodedovo from both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.  It operates both Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and also has the A380 on order with four aircraft due from 2015.

LOT Polish Airlines is the only other European carrier to provide links to Vietnam with twice weekly flights to Hanoi from its Warsaw hub. www.vietnamairlines.com

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