Vietnam Airlines officially received at Airbus in Toulouse, June 30, 2015, its first A350-900 XWB. The MSN14 device model, adorned with the new blue livery with gold lotus Vietnamese flag carrier, flew from Toulouse Blagnac to reach the base of Hanoi-Noi Bai.
Vietnam Airlines thus receives the first of four A350s it has leased through AerCap society. She also ordered ten more directly from Airbus. In total, it will operate 14 A350 widebody aircraft. For 2015 years, Airbus expects to deliver four to Vietnam Airlines widebody. The A350 Vietnam Airlines, intended to serve Paris from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is configured in three classes: 29 seats in Business, 45 in Premium Economy and 231 in Economy. Premium Economy classes and share the same seat, the only difference is the pitch (the distance between two rows of seats): 36 inches for the Premium 32 for classical Economics.
Vietnam airlines airbus a350 900 au sol 320x240 Vietnam Airlines rénove sa flotte long courrier The first A350-900 Vietnam Airlines will initially be deployed from 1 July 2015 between Hanoi-Noi Bai and Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat, with departures scheduled at 8:30 am and 2:40 p.m. ET southern Returns at 11:35 and 5:45 p.m.. After three months of crew training flights between the two Vietnamese cities, the jumbo jet will be aligned from October on the direct connection between Hanoi and Paris-CDG, with departures every day except Monday at 11:55 p.m. to land the next day at 7:00 am and return France to arrive at 14:00 the next day at 5:50 am (code-share with Air France between the two capitals). From November an A350 will also operate between Ho Chi Minh City and Paris (alternating with flights Air France 777-200ER Bopeing).
"Vietnam Airlines will replace its entire fleet of widebody aircraft, with new generation aircraft such as the A350-900, over the next three years. We are proud to become the first airline in Asia and the second in the world [the first being Qatar Airways, ed] to receive this latest generation model that will help us achieve our commitments with customers in modernizing our fleet "said at the delivery ceremony in Toulouse, Trinh Ngoc Thanh, vice president of Vietnam Airlines." We firmly believe that the jumbo jet will increase in the future, the profitability of our long flights and medium haul, "he added.
Vietnam Airlines 787 9 first flight closeup 320x240 Vietnam Airlines rénove sa flotte long courrier If Paris-CDG is reserved for the Airbus A350-900, London-Heathrow and Franforct will be served by the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The Hanoi-London direct link will be available in Dreamliner from August at a rate of three rotations per week, with departures from Vietnam Tuesday, Friday and Sunday at 1:30 (7:40 arrival) and return from London at 14:45 (arrival day at 7:50). Vietnam Airlines has already said the Dreamliner flights to London will be gradually strengthened to become daily "in the summer of 2016". Then, the Dreamliner will arrive in Frankfurt in October.
Vietnam Airlines underlines its the first airline to operate the "Dreamliner 787-9 in direct non-stop flight between South Asia and Europe." She has ordered Boeing 787-9 eight, she took eleven leased, for a total of 19 Dreamliners so. This is also configured in three-classes: 28 seat in Business, 35 in Premium Economy and 211 in.
Member of the SkyTeam alliance since 2010, Vietnam Airlines now flies to 21 domestic destinations and 30 international destinations with more than 360 daily flights operated with a fleet of 84 aircraft (including 49 A321s and 10 A330s). The company headquarters is located in Hanoi and its network is organized around the Hanoi airport (HAN) and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) in Vietnam. From Paris, Roissy - Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E (CDG) Vietnam Airlines currently operates up to 14 weekly direct flights to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 777 (which will be replaced by the A350) .
Besides the modernization of its fleet, the other important step for Vietnam Airlines state company to date in a communist country, is to achieve its partial privatization. According to the vice president Trinh Ngoc Thanh, his company is currently negotiating with a leading airline for an acquisition of up to 20%. This future "strategic partner" accompany Vietnam Airlines in its development to become a first class Asian company. With negotiations underway, Trinh Ngoc Thanh refuses to raise up the name of the partner.
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