Air France and Vietnam Airlines sign code-share

Air France has just signed a code-share agreement with Vietnam Airlines so that, starting 3 July 2010 its customers can fly nonstop from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City three times a week.

These flights will be operated by Vietnam Airlines in Boeing 777-200, under the ‘AF’ Air France flight code. They come in addition to flights Air France already operates via Bangkok to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Air France will be offering 13 instead of 7 flights a week, including 6 between Paris and Hanoi and 7 between Paris and Ho Chi Minh City.

Furthermore, within the terms of this agreement, as early as winter 2010, Air France will operate a nonstop flight between Ho Chi Minh City and Paris three times a week by Boeing 747-400 then by Boeing 777-300ER. In November 2010, all flights to Vietnam will be nonstop. 

Vietnam Airlines operates 72 routes to 20 domestic and 26 international destinations with a young fleet of 70 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 20 unique destinations to the SkyTeam network, including 13 cities in Vietnam. In 2006, Vietnam Airlines was officially accepted as a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).