Budget carrier AirAsia has officially opened its latest route between Ho Chi
Minh City and Indonesian capital Jakarta, a month after it had a soft opening.
Dharmadi, PT Indonesia AirAsia president director
said the carrier’s fifth route will operate four weekly flights that would bring
more opportunities for travel between the two destinations and foster new
economic tie ups between Vietnam and Indonesia.
The director told Thanh
Nien the carrier’s occupancy was about 65 percent in a month of soft opening
and expected it to reach 75 percent in a year. When this happened, the carrier
plans to open a new route between HCMC and Bali, he added.
The carrier has no plans for
other routes between cities in Vietnam and Indonesia. The low cost carrier
operates daily routes from HCMC and Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bangkok,
Thailand.
Last year, 30,000 Vietnamese
visitors traveled to Indonesia and 22,000 Indonesia tourists arrived in Vietnam,
according to the tourism ministries of both nations.