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A Vietnam Civil Aviation Ilyushin Il-18 in 1977. The airline sector of Vietnam Civil Aviation was later reorganized to become the nowadays Vietnam Airlines.. The agency was founded as Vietnam Civil Aviation (Cục Hàng không Dân dụng Việt Nam) in January 1956 by the Vietnam People's Air Force (Ministry of Defense), upon the issuance of Decision No.666/TTG of the Vietnamese government.
The Vietnam Air Services Company (Vietnamese: Công ty Bay Dịch vụ Hàng không, lit. 'Aviation Service Flying Company'), operating as its acronym VASCO, is an airline headquartered in Tân Bình district, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [1]
Vietnam Air Services Company: 0V: VFC: VASCO AIR: 2004: Regional carrier, wholly owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines. Operations also include charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, oil platforms flights, and other aviation services. Vietnam Airlines: VN: HVN: VIET NAM AIRLINES: 1976: State-owned national flag carrier Vietravel ...
Vietnam Airlines has its origins in January 1956, [15] [16] when it was established by the North Vietnamese government under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation (Vietnamese: Hàng không Việt Nam, lit. 'Vietnam Aviation') following the nationalization of Gia Lam Airport. It was instituted after the government signed the Decree No. 666/TTg. [17]
The airport is currently the main hub of the flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, travel carrier Vietravel Airlines, and an operating base of budget carriers Bamboo Airways and VietJet Air. The airport is located in Phú Minh commune in Sóc Sơn district , about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of downtown Hanoi, via the new Nhật Tân Bridge (also ...
The airline and its affiliate, VASCO, makes up 80% of the domestic aviation market. [8] Vietnam Airlines is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance, which it joined in June 2010. [9] Vietnam Airlines currently has plans to launch flights to Doha, Mumbai, Brisbane, and most importantly, the United States. [10]
The department is responsible for providing air traffic control services to all aircraft operating within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region. It reports to the Transport and Logistics Bureau of the Hong Kong Government. The current Director-General of Civil Aviation is Victor Liu Chi-yung.
One Air Vietnam Boeing 727 was returned to Vietnam from British Hong Kong in early June 1975, by lead pilot Huynh Minh Boong, who had married General Pham Hung's sister. Captain Huynh Minh Boong with over 10,000 flight hours, was a pilot on Vietnam Airlines overseas flights due to his IATA credentials, then in early 1980 he was appointed as ...