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The resumption of the joint venture agreement between Vietnam Airlines and Air France will provide passengers with additional flight alternatives and optimize products and services between France, Europe and Vietnam, Hoang said.
The two flag carriers formed a joint venture in 2017, but flights were suspended in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic.
Cooperation between the two airlines will resume on March 26, strengthening connectivity between the two companies’ respective transshipment hubs: Noi Bai (Hanoi), Tan Son Nhat (HCMC) and Charles de Gaulle (Paris), one of ‘s the world’s largest gateways.
Accordingly, Air France will operate a joint venture on Vietnam Airlines’ Hanoi-Paris flights, with a schedule of six flights per week from Hanoi to Paris and six flights per week from Paris to Hanoi with new wide-body Airbus A350s.
In a joint venture with Air France, Vietnam Airlines will operate flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris with flight numbers AF258 from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City and AF253 from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris.
Since the first direct flight to Paris in 2003, France has been one of Vietnam Airlines’ largest and most important markets in Europe. In 2019, Vietnam Airlines carried approximately 570,000 passengers between Vietnam and France.
