Imposing a floor fare for domestic airline tickets would undermine competition in the aviation industry and affect the recovery of the air transport market, insiders have warned.

Okay Airways and Pacific Airlines will begin their flights connecting Da Nang with Hunan (China) and Muan (the Republic of Korea) from late April, increasing the number of airlines restarting operations at the Da Nang International Airport to 28.

Air tickets have almost been sold out and only business class seats have been left for the long holiday break.

The number of flights and passengers has skyrocketed in the first two months of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Prague Airport in the Czech Republic is planning to launch new direct air routes to North America and Asia, including Chicago (US) and Vietnam.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has registered 248 aircraft under Vietnamese nationality so far this year, up six from the same period last year.

Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, and Bamboo Airways have been honoured in different categories by Skytrax, a UK-based site which ranks airlines and airports.

Vietjet Air (VJC) plans to raise $500 billion to scale up its operation as the tourism industry is expected to thrive again, as many air carriers are still in difficulty, according to a new resolution of the VJC Board of Directors.

The Ministry of National Defense has thrown its support behind a plan to issue an air transport license to IPP Air Cargo JSC, whose chairman is billionaire Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, according to a dispatch recently sent to the Government Office.

To deal with fuel prices, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) just proposed raising air service prices on domestic routes to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

The Muan International Airport in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s South Jeolla province will allow the resumption of international flights, including those to Vietnam, this July.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has agreed to allow airlines of Vietnam and China to operate two flights per week, instead of only one flight per week as before, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said on June 16.

Vietnam’s domestic aviation market is recovering at the fastest pace in the world with a growth rate of 123 percent compared to the same period of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

Within the framework of the sixteenth Asian Routes Development Forum, many participants said that the aviation industry plays an important role in the development of the country’s economy and the industry links Vietnam and the world.

Controlling the number of new airlines until the market recovers and restricting licensing to expand fleets in the immediate time are solutions proposed by the State Capital Management Commission (SCMC).

The aviation market in Vietnam is vibrant and recovering with the number of international visitors increasing five-fold, according to experts.

As the international flight market needs more time to recover from the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam (CAAV) has called for more Government support for airlines operating in the country.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla attended a ceremony on April 19 in Hanoi to launch Vietjet Air's new direct air routes between Vietnam and India.

The aviation sector is forecast to achieve the strongest recovery in the second quarter of this year. Meanwhile, in the stock market, many aviation stocks have surged. 

Twenty-three airlines, including three domestic carriers (Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways) have resumed flights between Vietnam and 20 countries and territories, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).