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Korean Air has commenced direct flights between Incheon
International Airport in the South Korean city of Seoul and Vietnam’s central
coastal city of Danang, which is the airline’s third destination in Vietnam.
Korean Air uses its Boeing B737-800 aircraft configured with some 145 seats for
the two weekly flights to Danang on Thursdays and Sundays.
The Seoul-Danang service has brought Korean Air’s number of weekly flights to
Vietnam to nearly 20, including 11 for Tan Son Nhat International Airport in
HCMC and seven for Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
Korean Air is the second Korean operator of direct Seoul-Danang flights. In
mid-December, the maiden flight of Asiana Airlines with some 160 passengers
aboard touched down the runway of Danang International Airport.
Asiana Airlines also operates bi-weekly flights between the Incheon
International Airport and the Danang International Airport on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. Currently, Asiana Airlines also offer daily services from South Korea
to HCMC and Hanoi, and vice versa.
In addition to Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, AirAsia of Malaysia and Silk Air
of Singapore also service Danang. Vietnam Airlines offers chartered flights to
Danang from foreign airports, including those in Korea.
Korea was Vietnam’s second largest visitor-generating market last year after
China. Figures of the General Statistics Office showed Vietnam attracted more
than 536,000 Korean visitors in 2011, up 8.2% year-on-year.
Last year saw the number of international visitors to Vietnam grew 19.1%
compared to the year before to more than six million.
In 2011, Danang welcomed more than 2.35 million visitors, a whopping increase of
32.8% over 2010.
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