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A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777-200ER being catered by Vietnam Air Caterers (since renamed Vietnam Airlines Caterers) at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Vietnam Airlines Group has at least 20 subsidiaries and affiliates. [146] By the end of its restructuring in 2015, the company planned to have offloaded its stakes in more than 10 enterprises ...
The express line would be built as a double-track standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) line, with a design speed of 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph) compared with the existing North–South Railway line which was metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in)) sometimes single track with an average speed of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph).
Pacific Airlines: BL: PIC: PACIFIC AIRLINES: 1991: Low-cost carrier, renamed from Jetstar Pacific Airlines to Pacific Airlines in 2020 [1] VietJet Air: VJ: VJC: VIETJETAIR: 2011: Low-cost carrier Vietnam Air Services Company: 0V: VFC: VASCO AIR: 2004: Regional carrier, wholly owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines.
As of 2005, approximately 2,600 km (1,600 mi) of track was in use throughout Vietnam—2,169 km (1,348 mi) meter gauge, 178 km (111 mi) standard gauge and 253 km (157 mi) mixed gauge. [5] As of 2005, there were 278 stations on the Vietnamese railway network, 191 of which are located along the North-South Railway line. [5] [6]
The North–South railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Bắc–Nam, French: Chemin de fer Nord-Sud) is the principal railway line serving the country of Vietnam.It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi).
Rail transport remains relatively underused as a mode of transport in Vietnam. While road transport dominates the transport sector by far—accounting for 65% of freight moved as of 2006—rail transport accounted for only 4% of freight transportation in 2008, and 5% of passenger transportation, leading it to be considered the "least relevant" of all modes of transport in the European Union's ...
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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]