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Air routes link Vietnam with US west coast 

HANOI - Three airlines will offer flights from either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City to Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Las Vegas via Tokyo starting next month.

American Airlines, Japan Airlines and Vietnam Airlines will begin operating the routes on April 5. It will cost US$499 (VND7.86 million) to fly one way, and $899 to fly return.

American Airlines, which opened an office in Vietnam in February, has been flying from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to San Jose (California), Chicago, Dallas, New York and Los Angeles through Tokyo since January 1.

Passengers can connect with flights to 250 other destinations in the US and around the world from the US cities. American Airlines offers about 2,400 daily flights from the United States to destinations around the world.

Ngo Minh Duc, country general manager at American Airlines, said the airline was still working on plans for direct routes between Vietnam and the United States.

Vietnam Airlines announced plans to offer flights again from Quy Nhon to Hanoi through Da Nang, and will offer 10 weekly flights on the Quy Nhon-Ho Chi Minh City route, to meet rising demand.

(Asia Pulse/VNA)


Mar 11, 2004


 
         
         
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