Vietnam Airlines agrees to join SkyTeam alliance by 2010

April 15, 2009 Comments Off on Vietnam Airlines agrees to join SkyTeam alliance by 2010 230 Views

SkyTeam and Vietnam Airlines signed a preliminary agreement confirming the airlines’ first step towards full membership into the SkyTeam alliance by 2010, pending fulfilment of the alliance’s membership requirements.

South East Asia and South Asia are a weak geography in the alliance’s network, which Vietnam Airlines will hopefully fulfill.

Vietnam Airlines operates 64 routes to 20 domestic and 24 international destinations with a young fleet of 50 modern aircraft, serving more than 9 million passengers annually to popular cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Moscow, Paris, Seoul, Sydney and Tokyo. Vietnam Airlines will add 17 unique destinations to the SkyTeam network, including 14 cities in Vietnam. In 2006, Vietnam Airlines was officially accepted as a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Currently, SkyTeam members China Southern and Korean Air have codeshare agreements with Vietnam Airlines, and Air France has engaged in strong bilateral cooperation with the airline.

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