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The first wide-body aircraft of an airline less than one year old has landed on Vietnam's southernmost island of Phu Quoc. Sun PhuQuoc Airways (SPA) took delivery of its first Airbus A330 at Phu Quoc International Airport on Tuesday, September 22. It is the first of 8 aircraft the airline plans to receive between September 2026 and April 2027...

Phu Quoc ranked 9th in the world on Expedia's 2026 island ranking. With 5.7 million visitors in the first half of the year, airport expansion ahead of APEC 2027, and thousands of new hotel rooms opening, this article examines how realistic the destination is for travelers from Japan, where no direct flights currently exist.

Vietnam Airlines launched Ho Chi Minh City–Colombo on August 16 and Vietjet on the 18th. The first direct link between Vietnam and Sri Lanka opens new routes to the Maldives and South India via a Colombo connection.

Phu Quoc, the island in southern Vietnam, now has a direct link to Singapore. Sun PhuQuoc Airways launched a daily nonstop service between Singapore and Phu Quoc on July 25, 2026. As this route previously required a connection through Ho Chi Minh City or another hub, travelers can now avoid layover time at a hub airport...

The largest hub airport in the south will run a 750-flight schedule over the April 30 holiday. In line with the nine-day "Southern Liberation Day and May Day" holiday from April 25 to May 3, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will raise the hourly slot allocation at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport from the usual 44 flights per hour to 46...

A resident explains flight times from Japan to Vietnam (Hanoi about 5h / Ho Chi Minh City about 6h), the four direct-flight carriers (Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, JAL, ANA), departure airports, and points to watch when carrying souvenirs home.

Charter flight VJ55, which arrived at Da Nang International Airport from Astana, Kazakhstan on April 13, 2026, carried 370 passengers, including 250 travel industry representatives. As Da Nang aims to welcome 19 million visitors in 2026 (approximately 10% more than the previous year), Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)...

Vietnam's travel-agency-affiliated carrier Vietravel Airlines will resume the Hanoi-Bangkok route on April 24, 2026. The company plans to add one new Airbus A321 and expand its fleet to nine within six months. Anticipating a surge in travel demand in summer 2026, each Vietnamese airline...

Vietnam's flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is advancing large-scale flight increases and new launches on Europe and Asia routes for the 2026 summer schedule (May-October). The biggest highlight is the Hanoi-Amsterdam direct flight launching June 16 (A350, three a week), the first non-stop connecting Vietnam and the Netherlands...

Following the selection of Lô Lô Chải village—located on the Dong Van Karst Plateau in Tuyen Quang Province (the former Ha Giang area) in northern Vietnam—as a UNWTO "Best Tourism Village 2025," the aviation industry moved swiftly. Vietnam Airlines,...