Jul
24
2024
Vietnam’s VietJet has placed an order for 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft, valued at $7.4 billion at list prices.
Bikini Airline Makes $7 Billion Jet Purchase
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LAX CEO Says A Surprising Airline Could Launch Non-Stop Service To Vietnam
Aug
09
2022
Vietnam Airlines launched new service from San Francisco to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) during the pandemic. They’ve been eyeing non-stop service to Los Angeles as well – but they’re not alone. In fact a surprising carrier may be first to launch the service, and receive two years of subsidies from the Los Angeles airports authority.
There are two airlines reportedly with Memorandums of Understanding in place to launch non-stop LA – Vietnam service, both may be surprising but talks with one have reportedly heated up.
Vietnam’s Bikini Airline Offers Health Insurance Against Coronavirus If You Fly
Mar
23
2020
Is using coronavirus to market airline seats brilliant – good for society, even – or utterly irresponsible? Vietnam has been more aggressive at containment than many countries, more money into the health care system is helpful, and a rebate in the form of health insurance is probably more responsible than a discount on an airline ticket. It’s utterly brilliant.
Bikini Airline Expected to Finalize Order for 50 Airbus A321neos on Friday
Nov
01
2018
VietJet’s CEO became Southeast Asia’s first self-made female billionaire. The airline is a discount carrier flying narrowbody aircraft mostly domestically although with several routes now into Asia.
Five years ago the airline was fined 20 million Dong over unapproved inflight entertainment. It wasn’t a problem with the installation of a seatback video system. Instead, 5 bikini-clad candidates in a local beauty contest performed a dance onboard the airline’s inaugural flight to Nha Trang.
7 Surprising Facts About Airlines in Asia
Oct
15
2018
This week’s issue of Airline Weekly (subscription) contains charts on the largest airlines in each of the largest country markets in East Asia, based on Diio Mi data on scheduled seats in 2018.
The biggest takeaways are the growth of Chinese carriers and the declining importance in Southeast Asia of national carriers relative to low cost carriers which are overtaking them, especially on short haul and domestic routes.
Bikini Airline Orders 100 Boeing 737 MAX Planes
Jul
18
2018
VietJet’s CEO became Southeast Asia’s first self-made female billionaire. The airline is a discount carrier flying narrowbody aircraft mostly domestically although with several routes now into Asia.
They’ve branded themselves the bikini airline. And the airline’s CEO sees the campaigns and onboard stunts as empowering. Vietnam has a very conservative culture, and the public bikini stunts rebel against traditional notions of female dress in that society.
Here’s How Air India Celebrates a New International Route With Song and Dance
Feb
23
2018
Inaugural flights can be really special, and each airline handles these things in different ways. Whether it’s breakfast tacos, women in bikinis, or this from Air India.
