Vietnam Airlines to increase fleet to 150 in 2020

      Vietnam Airlines is heavily investing to over-howl and increase its fleet to about 105 in 2015 and 150 in 2020.
According to Pham Ngoc Minh, General Director of Vietnam Airlines, during the downturn in the airlines market, the corporation will improve its service and upgrade its flight crews to become the second largest carrier after Singapore Airlines in South East Asia in 2015.
The corporation will purchase 39 new Boeing 787-9’s, Airbus A350-900’s, A321’s at preferred prices from the two world leading aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus. Vietnam Airlines will also gradually replace its old ATR72-200 planes used on domestic flights with 14 modern ATR72-500’s. The ATR72-500’s will be sent to the corporation in from June 2009 to May 2010.
Vietnam Airlines currently uses 50 planes for 29 domestic flights and 36 international flights.