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Jetstar Pacific will continue to operate as a low-cost carrier The government’s stake in budget airline Jetstar Pacific, held via the State Capital Investment Corp., will be transferred to national carrier Vietnam Airlines, local media reported Wednesday, citing a directive. Jetstar Pacific, which is partly owned by...

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  Two Vietnam Airlines pilots’ death overseas in December have prompted Vietnam aviation inspectors to conduct health examinations of pilots at all domestic carriers. The inspectors said the health check will be their first task this year, the Vietnam Economic Forum said Wednesday. Vietnamese co-pilot...

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  No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign...

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Jetstar Group CEO Bruce Buchanan said the company remained committed to the Vietnamese market Budget airline Jetstar Group on Thursday denied reports that its Vietnam-based offshoot will be absorbed into national carrier Vietnam Airlines due to financial problems. “Jetstar has reiterated its commitment to Jetstar Pacific...

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  National carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch non-stop flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and London on December 8.   It will operate four flights a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on Boeing 777 aircraft. The number will be increased to seven in 2015.   Each flight will take around...

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  Five private airlines have been licensed in Vietnam since 2007, but each of them is struggling to take off, with one having already crash-landed. Air Mekong operates flights while VietJet Air is expected to commence services late this December after many delays. But the others are...

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  A former Vietnam Airlines pilot who is under investigation for using fake license actually has licenses for three countries, Vietnam aviation authorities have found.   The South Korean pilot Kim Tae Hun owns three licenses issued by the United States, South Korea and Indonesia aviation authorities.   In April 2011,...

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  Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited...

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    Vietnam Airlines is considering entering Asia’s booming low-cost aviation sector with a new offshoot, while aiming to build its home base into a major entry point for Indochina, its chief says. The state-owned airline is confronted with “growing pressure” from Asia’s...

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A ship waits to receive fuel from Dung Quat refinery National carrier Vietnam Airlines has received the first delivery of 3,000 cubic metres of jet fuel from the Dung Quat oil refinery. The delivery on Sunday came two weeks after the airline announced a deal to buy jet fuel produced by Dung Quat, the only oil refinery in the...

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