Vietnam’s Vietjet and India’s national carrier Air India have signed an MoU for co-operation on supply of aviation services connecting the two countries. The MoU was signed by Dinh Viet Phuong, vive president, Vietjet and Pankaj Srivastava, director – commercial and board member, Air India, under the witnesses of HE Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairperson, Vietnam National Assembly and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. The signing was on the agenda of Ngan’s recent official visit to India.
Vietjet and Air India will co-commence direct flights connecting Vietnam and India, among those firstly planned is Ho Chi Minh City – New Delhi route. Moreover, both airlines will co-operate on expanding the capability of sales distribution, implementing tourism and trade promotions between Vietnam and India, exchanging experts and aviation experiences, and collaborating on personnel training.
Phuong said, “We hope that Air India’s aviation experience and capabilities will help Vietjet in its better access to India – a potential market with a young and dynamic population of more than 1.2 billion people. The co-operation is also expected to contribute positively to a higher development of partnership in economy, trade and tourism between Vietnam and India.”
