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Indonesian airline Lion Air has resumed
service to HCM City after a three-year
suspension of the low-fare carrier's
flights in Vietnam.
The carrier's inaugural flight is
scheduled to land at HCM City's Tan Son
Nhat Airport at 11:20 am today after a
four-hour, 30-minute flight from Soekamo
Airport in Jakarta.
The daily return flight will leave HCM
City at 12:20pm and stop over in
Singapore before arriving in Jakarta.
The carrier's senior manager of sales
and marketing, Chandran Rama Muthy, said
the schedule would make it easy for
holidaymakers to check in and out at
hotels in HCM City.
Chandran said tourists were Lion Air's
major passengers and that students and
family members visiting relatives made
up the rest.
"Lion Air is the first airline in the
world to fly the brand new Boeing
737-900ER, new safe and comfortable
aircraft," said Chandran.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft will
initially operate with all economy class
seats, but later the carrier will
arrange 10 business class seats and 195
economy class seats.
He said Lion Air was a hybrid carrier
rather than a low-cost airline, meaning
that it is somewhere between a low-cost
and full-serviced airline.
Source : Viet Nam News |
