Vietnam AIrlines

Welcome back Kabir and Steve.:cool:
Haven’t flown with VN, but would be happy to – Viet Nam is on my list of “must visit”. Their website is quite interesting.

Welcome back lads. Hopefully “the Melbourne two” won’t find reason to leave again, at least not for a long time.:D

Originally posted by steve rowell
I’ve never flown with them, but i must say, it’s one of the nicest liverys in the sky

yes but the A320s are not yet in the new livery.

Good to have you back Steve. The forum is seemingly under control once again.

I’ve never flown with them, but i must say, it’s one of the nicest liverys in the sky

Originally posted by greekdude1
Kabir are you aware of how many Vietnamese people there are in Australia? Let’s just say, there are 7 pages of the name Nguyen (very common Vietnamese name, a la Smith in the English language) in the Greater Sydney area phone book, alone. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, there are tons. There are quite a few in the U.S., as well. Many defected during and after the Vietnam War.

ah now that i didnt know…cheers GD1.

No, I think there was a substantial population around Berlin, or enough to sustain flights anyway around the early 1990s. The flight I was thinking about was a special charter for a Vietnamese special event, taking the European Vietnamese population home for it and also part of a trial flight.
I also think Vietnam is a growing German tourist destination but either way it will be good for European growth.

Vietnam Airlines codeshares with Cathay Pacific on the HKG-Saigon run. it’s the same flight number on both carriers CX767/VN767

Originally posted by KabirT
Oh no……..very very few Viatnamese people live abroad so i dont think thats a factor.

Kabir are you aware of how many Vietnamese people there are in Australia? Let’s just say, there are 7 pages of the name Nguyen (very common Vietnamese name, a la Smith in the English language) in the Greater Sydney area phone book, alone. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, there are tons. There are quite a few in the U.S., as well. Many defected during and after the Vietnam War.

Originally posted by Saab 2000
Probably quite a large Vietnamese population in the area compared to Frankfurt? If I remember rightly MIAT also flew into Berlin from Ulaan Bator for similar reasons?

Oh no……..very very few Viatnamese people live abroad so i dont think thats a factor.

Originally posted by mongu
Berlin is a bigger city than Frankfurt, so I wouldn’t be too surprised to see airlines flying there. FRA’s main attraction is that it is a mega hub, and the city itself is the financial centre of Germany.

ya…isint that good enough to take an airline to FRA intead of Berlin?

Probably quite a large Vietnamese population in the area compared to Frankfurt? If I remember rightly MIAT also flew into Berlin from Ulaan Bator for similar reasons?

Berlin Tegel is old and in need of referbishments! its not very big in the first place, never been to schonefeld

Berlin is a bigger city than Frankfurt, so I wouldn’t be too surprised to see airlines flying there. FRA’s main attraction is that it is a mega hub, and the city itself is the financial centre of Germany.

Competition from LH I suppose?

Berlin?? Wouldnt FRA be better?

Vietnam is looking for European expansion. Berlin is one of the destination I believe.

yes…serving LHR and FRA will be good for them. ANd probably increase there presence in Asia.

I stand corrected. I had never seen them in SYD, so I just assumed they didn’t fly there. A few more Euro destination will do them good, then they can steal traffic away from TG, SN and CX.

posted originally by greekdude1:
They need to expand their customer base first, and then begin routes to Europe and Australia/New Zealand.

Europe: They have got Paris and MOSCOW?
Australia: Sydney and Melbourne

Their Asian network is quite impressive