Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will open a direct route between Pleiku (Vietnam’s Southern province of Gia Lai) and Hanoi with the first commercial flight departing on October 27^th with four flights a week.

This was announced by Mr. Nguyen Trong Hai, Deputy Director of the Pleiku Airport Company.

Previously, air passengers from Hanoi to Gia Lai had to go through Danang. The return itinerary was the same with the transit time at Danang Airport lasting for more than three hours. With this direct flight, it only takes one hour and a half for tourists to be transported from Hanoi to Gia Lai.

Mr. Hai said that from October 26^th, there will be three weekly flights on the Pleiku-Danang route on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

(Source: CPV)