12 July 2019

Vietjet Air Launches Narita-Ho Chi Minh City
Flight Service on 12 July!
Vietjet Air is commencing their new flight service between Narita and Ho Chi Minh City from July 12.
This is their second route to Narita Airport from Vietnam, following the Hanoi route start-up in January.
Ho Chi Minh City is the gateway of Southern Vietnam and the financial center of the nation.
Its attractive streets with many historical buildings remaining intact also make it an extremely popular
destination for tourists. With it’s nostalgic streets, fashionable lady’s accessories, cafes and authentic
Vietnamese cuisine, Ho Chi Minh City is a destination we recommend for both first time and frequent
visitors to Vietnam.
Narita Airport has an ongoing commitment to expanding and improving its flight destination network
for the benefit of our valued customers. Take advantage of Narita Airport's extensive destination
network, now made larger by VietJet Air's new Ho Chi Minh City service.

Urban Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral

Ben Thanh Market■ Launch date: Friday, 12 July 2019
■ Route: Narita - Ho Chi Minh City■ Aircraft: A321neo (230 economy class seats)■ Schedule: Daily service
Flight No.

OriginDeparture Time

Destination

Arrival Time

VJ823

T o kyo / N arita(N R T )8:55

Ho Chi M inh City(SGN)

13:00

VJ822

Ho Chi M inh City(SGN)

0:05

T o kyo / N arita(N R T )8:00* All times are local times
For more information, please refer to the Vietjet website (https://vietjetair.com/Sites/Web/ja-JP/Home).
Photo: Courtesy of Vietjet Air

NAA-Bldg., Narita International Airport, Narita-City, Chiba, 282-8601, Japan
URL：https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/

PRESS RELEASE:
Vietjet continues expanding network in Japan withnew Tokyo - Ho Chi Minh City route

Airline will start to operate another daily return flight connecting Tokyo (Haneda) andDanang from October 31, 2019

(Tokyo, July 12, 2019) – To continually expand its flight network across Northeast Asia, today
Vietjet officially commenced operating a new route connecting Tokyo (Narita) with Ho Chi MinhCity, Vietnam’s largest city.
Attending the jubilant opening ceremony at Narita International Airport in the capital of Japan
were Mr. Kyotaro Harano - Deputy Administrator of Airport, East Japan Civil Aviation BureauNarita International Airport Office under Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism, Mr. Akihiko Tamura, Narita International Airport Corporation President & CEO, Ms.
Lam Thi Thanh Phuong, Deputy Ambassador of Vietnam to Japan, Mr. Shinsuke Satake, Director
Overseas Promotion Department of Japan National Tourism Organization as well as leaders fromVietjet, travel agents and the airline’s partners in Japan.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Akihiko Tamura, Narita International Airport CorporationPresident & CEO said: “Congratulations on the launch of Vietjet’s new Narita - Ho Chi Minh
City flight service today. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Vietjet for launching its
second service from Narita following the Hanoi flight service which was just launched last January
and for contributing to the expansion of Narita Airport’s air network. I am excited to see interaction
between our two countries receive a greater boost from services to the two largest cities in Vietnamby the new-age airline, Vietjet.”
Also speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Do Xuan Quang, Vietjet Vice President, said: “Thelaunching of our latest route, Tokyo (Narita) - Ho Chi Minh City, today means we have now
connected the four biggest economic and tourism centers of Japan and Vietnam, namely Tokyo,Osaka, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, allowing us to offer people of the two countries andinternational travelers even more options for air travel in terms of times, destinations and costsaving fares. In future, we hope to keep on offering passengers many more wonderful flying
experiences on our new aircraft with great value fares, lots of exciting in-flight entertainment
delicious and hot inflight meals served by our our dedicated and pretty cabin crew.”
To welcome the debut flight at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the public and flying
passengers were treated to a traditional Japanese dance performance known as Yosakoi. Passengers
on the inaugural flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo were also surprised when theyreceived lovely souvenirs from Vietjet staff.
The Tokyo – Ho Chi Minh City route operates a daily return flight on a new, modern aircraft
Airbus (A321Neo). Each leg will take approximately six hours. Passengers can now hunt for
100JPY tickets with the airline’s latest promotion, “Ohayo Saturday” which runs every Saturdayfrom now until 31 March, 2020 at www.vietjetair.com and applies to all routes connecting Japanwith Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City is the gateway of Southern Vietnam and the financial center of the nation.
Its attractive streets with many historical buildings remaining intact also make it an extremely
popular destination for tourists. With its nostalgic streets, fashionable lady’s accessories, cafes andauthentic Vietnamese cuisine, Ho Chi Minh City is a destination we recommend for both first timeand frequent visitors to Vietnam.
Earlier in Tokyo, Vietjet also announced its 5th route to Japan connecting Tokyo (Haneda) withDa Nang, which will operate daily return services from October 31, 2019 with a flight time of
approximately five hours and thirty minutes per leg. On the same day, the airline also received themembership certificate for the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren). Vietjetis the first low-cost carrier in the world to join the biggest comprehensive economic federation inJapan.
(*) Excluding taxes and fees###About Vietjet:
Vietjet is the first airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline offering flexible, cost-saving
ticket fares and diversified services to meet customers’ demands. It provides not only transport
services but also uses the latest e-commerce technologies to offer various products and services
for consumers. Vietjet is a fully-fledged member of International Air Transport Association(IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate. Vietjet was named “Best Ultra
Low-Cost Airline 2018 - 2019” and awarded the highest ranking for safety with 7 stars in 2018and 2019 by the world’s only safety and product rating website AirlineRatings.com. The airline
has also been listed as one of the world's 50 best airlines for healthy financing and operations by
Airfinance Journal in 2018.
Currently, Vietjet operates around 400 flights daily and has carried more than 80 million
passengers to date. The airline’s network now features 120 routes covering destinations acrossVietnam and international destinations such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea,Taiwan, mainland China, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia.
For more information, please visit: www.vietjetair.com
Media contact:
Ms. Kieu Duong (Amy)
Email: kieuduong@vietjetair.com
Cell: +84 932 775 066