Vietnam Airlines official re-exploits Pleiku Airport

According to Vietnam AirLines, it officially re-operates flights to/ from Pleiku (Gia Lai) after this airport was reopened. As soon as Pleiku Airport completed the upgrading project and reopened sooner compared to planned, in just a short time, Vietnam airlines has trying to arrange resources to quickly exploit the first flights aiming to meet the traveling needs of passengers.

Vietnam Airlines re-exploits Pleiku Airport

The project "Upgrading and extending runways, taxiways and airport apron of Pleiku Airport" was started on 28th September 2014 with a total investment of 945 billion, the goal of increasing mining capacity up to 1 million passengers per year. Under the plan, from March 15th to October 25th, the terminal and runways was upgraded, so Pleiku Airport was temporarily closed. During the closure, passengers traveling by air on the two provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum have to move by car via two airports Phu Cat (Binh Dinh) and Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak).

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The first flight to Pleiku Airport number VN1424 from Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City) at 15:05 carrying 178 passengers landed at Pleiku Airport at 16:10. After that, the flight VN 1425 departed from Pleiku to Ho Chi Minh City at 17:09 the same day. Flights were operated by Airbus A321 aircraft. According to Vietnam Airways representative, the airline will operate one flight per day by A321 aircraft from the 1st to 14th of September and 3 flights per day by A321 and ATR72 aircrafts from September 15th to October 24th.

From September 5th, Vietnam Airlines will exploit the first flight on the route Hanoi - Pleiku on the occasion of reopening Pleiku Airport. Specifically, from the 6th to 14th of September, the carrier will exploit 04 flights / week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; 01 flights/ day by A321 from 15^th September to 24^th October. The exploitation plan after October 24th will be deployed to the winter schedule.

On the occasion of re-exploiting those flights, Vietnam Airlines launches attractive incentives like Pleiku - Ho Chi Minh City: 399,000 VND one-way, Hanoi - Pleiku: 799,000 VND one way. The rates above are effective for tickets issued and departed in the period from the 1st to 30th of September. Passengers can book tickets to Pleiku at website Vietnam Airlines or its agents including http://www.vietnamairlines.travel/.