Airlines would need to refund tickets for customers who've already purchased theirs from July 21, the CAAV added.

A Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCMC.

The number of flights from cities and localities under Covid-19 social distancing orders as dictated by Directive 16 would be limited as well, it said.

Since July, the CAAV had requested airlines to limit the number of flights from socially distancing localities to Hanoi amid concerning coronavirus threats. The Hanoi-HCMC flight route, an important one, had been limited to two flights a day at maximum.

Domestic flight passengers must present effective negative coronavirus test papers.

Vietnam closed its borders and canceled all international flights in March last year, and has since allowed only certain categories of visitors with strict Covid-19 quarantine requirements.

The country has recorded 445,292 local Covid-19 cases since the fourth coronavirus wave hit Vietnam in late April.

Vietnam’s first cargo airline hopes to fly high

IPP Air Cargo, Vietnam’s first cargo airline, would fly to 16 local destinations and a number of foreign ones, and break even in three years.

Vietnam Airlines licensed to operate flights to Canada

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has received a Foreign Air Operator Certificate (FAOC) issued by the Transport Canada, allowing it to operate flights to the North American country.

Vietnam Airlines to resume international flights

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume flights on the Hanoi-Narita (Tokyo), Hanoi-Incheon (Seoul), Hanoi-Sydney, and Ho Chi Minh City-Sydney routes from April 1 to June 30, a representative of the airline said.

Vietnam Airlines resumes international commercial flights

Vietnam Airlines has resumed international commercial operations after a long hiatus, with its first flight arriving in Da Nang from Taiwan on Thursday.

Airlines increase domestic flights to boost travel

Vietnamese carriers are increasing the number of domestic flights as tourism demand picks up following containment of the nation’s third Covid-19 outbreak.

Source: VnExpress