Foreign airlines add more flights to Vietnam

Malaysia Airlines has applied for permission to increase its total flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur from currently 14 a week to 20, 3 flights from Monday to Saturday and 2 flights on Sunday, said Vo Huy Cuong, Head of the Air Transport Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
The new flight schedule will take effect as of March 31st.
In another development, a representative from Qatar Airways said that the airline will also increase HCMC-Doha flights to 7, from currently, 4 a week, and launch non-stop flights between Hanoi and Qatar to meet the increasing travel demand from Vietnam to the Middle East and European countries.