Vietnam Airlines has added another six flights per week to bring its current four per week to 10. Vietnam Airlines first flight to Phnom Penh was on January 1 this year.
Other flight increases were to Australia, Thailand and Laos which were also increased to 10 flights per week.
The routes to China and the US will operate four flights per week.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has decided to increase the frequency of international flights to Japan, Korea, Taipei (China) and Singapore.
In its announcement about regular international flights sent to airlines, the CAAV said that the routes to Japan, Korea, Taipei (China) and Singapore increased to 14 flights per week per route, divided between four airlines including Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Bamboo Airways and Pacific Airlines.
Specifically, for the Japan routes, Vietnam Airlines (VNA) operates seven flights per week, Vietjet Air (VJA) four, Bamboo Airlines two and Pacific Airlines one.
The frequency of the Korean route is VNA with seven flights, Vietjet with five flights, and the remaining two airlines one flight each.
For routes from France, Germany, UK and Russia, after obtaining the Ministry of Transport (MoT)’s approval, the CAAV will announce its plan.