AirAsia spreads wings to Danang

HCMC - AirAsia has just flown to the central coastal city of Danang as the third international airport in Vietnam that the leading low-cost carrier in Asia services.

AirAsia told the Daily last week that its Airbus A320 aircraft with some 168 passengers on board from Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur landed in Danang Airport last Friday, commencing four weekly flights to Vietnam’s third largest international airport after Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai.

The air carrier flew to Danang one day after a new passenger terminal there was opened to both domestic and international services.

In this winter schedule, AirAsia performs flights between Kuala Lumpur and Danang on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Its plane departs the Malaysian city at 7:35 a.m. and arrives at Danang Airport at 9:15 a.m., and then leaves Danang at 9:45 a.m. on those days.

At present, AirAsia and its member airlines conduct daily services from Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok to HCMC and Hanoi and vice versa. Indonesia AirAsia currently has four weekly services between Jakarta and HCMC on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
AirAsia is the newest air carrier to launch services to Danang. Also last week, Asiana Airlines started to fly between Korea and this airport, with planned weekly frequency on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Singapore-based airline SilkAir has weekly flights to Danang. National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines operates two weekly chartered services between Danang and China’s Guangzhou in addition to its 26 domestic daily flights.