‘Bikini Airline’ Vietjet to make its debut in India in December

‘Bikini Airline’ Vietjet to make its debut in India in December
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Vietjet, labeled as ‘bikini airline’ will soon make its debut in India. As controversial as that is, the airline has announced direct flights from Delhi to Vietnam starting December of 2019. The flights are expected to circle from Delhi’s IGIA to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. 

There will be daily flights from Delhi to Vietnam; however, the flights will visit to the aforementioned cities, on alternate days. Delhi - Ho Chi Minh City flights will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.  The rest of the days will mark flights from Delhi- Hanoi and vice-versa.

The departure from New Delhi is expected to be from 11:50 PM, which means it will reach Ho Chi Minh in 6:10 AM.  The return flight will leave from Ho Chi Minh at 7 PM and arrive in Delhi at 10: 50 PM. In the alternate days, the flight will leave from Delhi at 11: 50 PM and reach Hanoi at 5: 20 AM.  The return flight for the same will depart from 7:10 PM from Hanoi and reach Delhi at 10: 50 PM.

To promote the airline service in India, Vietjet has come up with special three-day booking offers that start from Rs. 9 (excluding VAT, airport charges and other fees). Around 8,000 seats are available for this promotional offer.

"India is one of our priority markets and an important addition to our growing network," Nguyen Thanh Son, Vietjet's Vice President told a source.

For now, Vietjet is operating more than 400 daily flights that cover more than 120 routes across the most popular destinations in the world.

The flight began its services in 2011 and got into scabrous news when it introduced its airhostesses in bikini. Thus, it was dubbed as ‘bikini airlines.’ The airline was also fined by The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) in January 2018, for a Vietnam flight, carrying U-23 football team had ‘models dressed in bikinis all through the flight. The team was returning home after competing in the Asian Cup in China.

The biggest airline in India, IndiGo has already come up with its own flight services to Vietnam October. Starting October 3, the airline will start its non-stop flights from Kolkata to Hanoi, after government’s approval.

The ‘bikini airline’ plans to start from December 6, 2019 to March 2020.