Hong Kong Airlines to Launch Flights to Ho Chi Minh

Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed it will launch a three-time weekly service between Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

From 17 March 2014, Hong Kong Airlines will deploy an all-economy class Airbus A320 aircraft on the route, which will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The new service to Ho Chi Minh is complimented by the airlines' daily flight to Hanoi, bringing it to a total of 10 weekly flights between Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Mr. Li Dian Chun, Hong Kong Airlines' Director of Commercial said, "Hong Kong Airlines is delighted to announce the route of Ho Chi Minh City which offers our guests another new gateway to connect between Hong Kong and Vietnam. The new service marks an important milestone of our development in the Vietnamese market, where we operated our first flight to Hanoi in 2010."

Flight HX534 will depart Hong Kong at 12:20 to arrive in Ho Chi Minh at 13:55.

The return flight, HX535, will leave Ho Chi Minh at15:00 to land in Hong Kong at 18:30.