Vietnam Airlines offers big discounts for int’l routes

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer special discounts of up to 85 percent compared to normal prices on all its international flights for individual booking made between September 30 and October 10.
The special prices will be applied for flights departing from October 15 to December 31, 2010 and from April 1 to May 31, 2011.
The large-scale promotion programme with nearly 90,000 tickets to be sold is to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The prices of return tickets on flights from Vietnam to other Southeast Asian countries will see the highest cut of 85 percent to 950,000 VND, followed by flights to Japan and the Republic of Korea with a discount of 82 percent to 5.8 million VND.
The discounts of 80 percent, 50 percent and 40 percent will be applied for flights to Northeast Asian nations, Australia and Europe respectively.
Vietnam Airlines is operating 75 routes to 20 domestic sites and 26 international destinations with more than 290 flights per day.