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.
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| 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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| vietnam airline at pleiku airport |
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 15th September to 24th October. The exploitation plan after October 24th will be deployed to the winter schedule.
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 15th September to 24th 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/.
