Published:  14:01 Tuesday - December 06, 2016

Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific will offer a new route linking Hanoi and Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai starting on January 6, 2017.

The new service will be operational on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, using 180-seat Airbus 320.
Flights from Hanoi are scheduled to take off at 6:10 am, while the return flights depart at 8:25 am. Flight time from Hanoi -Pleiku is 1 hour and 40 minutes.

On the occasion, the budget carrier will offer cheap one-way tickets starting from VND7,000 (US$0.3), excluding taxes and fees on December 5-7.

The special price will be applied for flights departing from January 6-18 and February 8-March 25.

Jetstar Pacific has operated local domestic flights connecting Vietnam’s main airports in HCMC, Hanoi, Danang, Vinh, Hai Phong, Hue, Buon Ma Thuot, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc Island, and international routes from HCMC to Singapore and Thailand.

The carrier announced it would buy 10 A320 CE0 Sharklet aircrafts from the European aerospace giant Airbus as part of its expansion plan between 2016 and 2020. The order will be delivered in 2017.