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Etihad Airways officially announced its direct flights between HCMC and Abu Dhabi starting October 2013 |
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Update: 10:11, Wednesday, Oct 10,2012 (GMT+7)
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Speaking
at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on October 9, 2012, Etihad Airways
Chairman and CEO James Hogan said that an Airbus A330 aircraft will
operate a daily flight planned to depart from HCMC at 8h15 a.m and
arrive in Abu Dhabi seven hours later. Total of 3,668 seats will be
available per week with an offer of 22 Pearl Busisness and 240 Coral
Economy on each flight.
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The air route will help bring Vietnam and
the UAE closer as well as open up opportunities for economic, trade,
cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries, he said.
Ho
Chi Minh City is the sixth destination of Etihad Airways in Southeast
Asia, together with Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and
Singapore.
The official added that the carrier is considering the opening of another air route from Hanoi to the UAE.
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