bamboo airlines

Retail Asia17/08/2022

Sacombank Chairman Duong Cong Minh was appointed senior advisor to the board of directors at Bamboo Airways to support the airline’s restructuring. Minh, 62, is also the founder and chairman of property developer Him Lam. His appointment came three days after the airline named a new chairman. Minh will be key to the restructuring of Bamboo […]

Retail Asia01/11/2021

Bamboo Airways announced the launch of the first Vietnam-U.K. direct flight routes Sunday in the presence of PM Pham Minh Chinh, in the U.K. for the COP26 meet. The airline also confirmed that local firm APG UK will be its representative in the U.K. Bamboo Airways chairman Trinh Van Quyet said that the direct flights […]

Retail Asia21/04/2021

Vietnam had 39 aircraft, or over 14 percent of its fleet, grounded in the first quarter after a new Covid-19 outbreak cut travel demand. Eighteen of the grounded aircraft belonged to national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, 14 to budget carrier Vietjet, four to Pacific Airlines and three to Bamboo Airways, according to the Civil Aviation […]

Retail Asia31/03/2021

Bamboo Airways has got a slot allocated at London’s Heathrow Airport to fly six times a week from Hanoi and HCMC starting in May. The flights would be operated using the airline’s long-haul Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The carrier had stated its intention to fly to the British capital and Frankfurt in Germany in the […]

Retail Asia12/11/2020

Bamboo Airways has received a permit from the U.S. Department of Transportation to carry passengers and cargo to that country. It has been allowed to use the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to fly directly from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to places like Los Angeles and San Francisco. Bamboo Airways is the second airline […]

Retail Asia25/02/2019

With increasing demand for pilots as they expand, Vietnamese airlines have had to raise salaries, spend more on training and hire foreign pilots. Figures from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam show that by 2020 Vietnam will need a total of 2,680 pilots for commercial flights, 1,320 more than now. Vietnam Airlines, the country’s flag […]

Retail Asia31/12/2018

Vietnam’s newest airline Bamboo Airways will not operate its maiden flight Thursday as scheduled, the second time it has been delayed. Its CEO Dang Tat Thanh said Bamboo Airways could not take off since it is going through “the most difficult examination ever.” “Bamboo Airways is currently going through the final stage of a tight examination […]

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Bamboo Airways names new senior advisor amid restructuring

Vietnamese carrier announces first Vietnam-UK direct flights

Pandemic grounds 39 Vietnam aircraft

Bamboo Airways secures flight slots in London

Bamboo Airways licensed to fly directly to the US

Vietnamese airlines continue to be plagued by pilot shortage

Bamboo Airways postpones maiden flight again