JEJU AIR ADDS NEW FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH

South Korea’s leading budget carrier Jeju Air Co. said on Thursday that it has launched a new daily flight to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, in a bid to meet high travel demand to the largest city in the Southeast Asian country. Jeju Air held an inaugural ceremony of the new route at Incheon International Airport on Wednesday.

Ho Chi Minh is the fourth destination in Vietnam for Jeju Air, which also flies to Hanoi, Da Nang, and Nha Trang.

An unnamed official from Jeju Air said that the budget carrier added the new regular route to Ho Chi Minh to meet growing demand for visits to Vietnam for travel and business purposes, in addition to tourist capitals Da Nang and Nha Trang.

The Incheon-Ho Chi Minh route departs from Incheon International Airport every day at 9:25 p.m. or 9:15 p.m. or 9:35 p.m. on some days and arrives in Ho Chi Minh at 1:00 a.m. The return flight departs from Ho Chi Minh’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 2:00 a.m. and arrives in Incheon at 9:40 a.m.