VNA opens new services, travel agencies discount tours

Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will next month open two more new services from HCMC to Jakarta and from Hanoi to Phu Quoc while many tourism companies are racing to introduce promotion package tours at home.
VNA from December 2 will operate the HCMC-Jakarta route with four weekly flights on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday using Airbus A321. The flights will take about three hours, departing from HCMC at 10a.m. and arriving in Jakarta at 1:15p.m.
On December 12, VNA will open the Hanoi-Phu Quoc route with five flights a week on all weekdays but Tuesday and Saturday. The service will leave Hanoi at 10a.m. and come to Phu Quoc at 1:15 p.m., taking about two hours and 25 minutes.
The national flag carrier will offer a 22% discount for roundtrip tickets of the HCMC-Jakarta service, at VND2,905,000. Similarly, the route HCMC-Jakarta-Bali will have its airfares reduced by 11% to VND7,085,000.
Discount airfares, exclusive of other taxes, fees and surcharges, are available from October 22 to December 31 with departure schedules from December 2 to March 30.
Meanwhile, several tour operators in HCMC had launched promotion package tours. Vietravel offers “Jakarta discovery” tours for four days at VND7,690,000 a person, exclusive of taxes. The tours are planned for starting every Wednesday and Sunday.
Saigontourist Travel Service Company introduces four-day tours to Jakarta at VND10,990,000 a person while other travel agencies in Hanoi like Hanoi Redtours revises down prices for Hanoi-Phu Quoc tours slated for next month.