Vietnam Airlines

Not to be confused with Air Vietnam, a defunct South Vietnamese carrier.

Vietnam Airlines
Hãng hàng không Quốc gia Việt Nam
IATA ICAO Call sign
VN[1][2] HVN[1][2] VIET NAM AIRLINES[3]
Founded15 January 1956; 68 years ago (1956-01-15)
(as Vietnam Civil Aviation)[4]
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programLotusmiles[5]
Alliance
Subsidiaries
Fleet size93
Destinations66[6]
Parent companyVietnam Airlines JSC
Headquarters200 Nguyễn Sơn, Bồ Đề ward, Long Biên district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Key people
Employees6,500 (2023)[citation needed]
Websitewww.vietnamairlines.com

Vietnam Airlines (Vietnamese: Hãng hàng không Quốc gia Việt Nam, lit. 'Vietnam National Airlines') is the flag carrier of Vietnam.[9] The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên district, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The airline flies 117 routes across 19 countries, excluding codeshared services.[6]

From its inception until the early 1990s, Vietnam Airlines was a minor carrier within the aviation industry as it was hampered by a variety of factors including the socio-economic and political situation of the country. With the government's normalization of relations with the United States, the airline could expand, improve its products and services, and modernize its ageing fleet. In 1996, the Vietnamese government brought together 20 service companies to form Vietnam Airlines Corporation, with the airline itself as the centrepiece. In 2010, the corporation was restructured into a limited liability company and renamed Vietnam Airlines Company Limited. A seven-seat management board, appointed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, oversees the company.[10]

As passenger transport constitutes its core activity, Vietnam Airlines plays a crucial role in the economic development of the country. It owns 100% of Vietnam Air Service Company – a regional airline in southern Vietnam and almost 99% of the low-cost carrier Pacific Airlines.[11] In addition, the corporation earns revenue from airline catering and the maintenance and overhauling of aircraft through a number of its subsidiaries, including Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company and Vietnam Airlines Caterers. The company has also diversified its investments in the aircraft-leasing and airport ground-servicing industries, and is looking to manufacture aircraft components. It controls and operates a cargo division, Vietnam Airlines Cargo.

Vietnam Airlines became a member of SkyTeam in June 2010, making it the first Southeast Asian carrier to have joined that alliance. As of September 2021, the State's stake in Vietnam Airlines is 86.34%, All Nippon Airways holds 5.62%, being a strategic shareholder of the national flag carrier.[12][13]

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  3. ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Lịch sử phát triển ngành Hàng không dân dụng Việt Nam". Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Lotusmiles". Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Vietnam Airlines on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Ông Lê Hồng Hà làm tổng giám đốc Vietnam Airlines từ 1-1-2021". tuoitre.vn/ (in Vietnamese). 30 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Vietnam Airlines có chủ tịch mới". VNExpress (in Vietnamese). 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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  11. ^ "Vietnam Airlines JSC Report of Administration". Vietnam Airlines – Investor Relations. 17 January 2023.
  12. ^ "HVN : Vietnam Airlines JSC | Major stakeholders". CafeF (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ^ Ngoc Thuy. "Vietnam Airlines issues US$350-million shares for stakeholders". Hanoitimes – Economic and Urban Newspaper. Retrieved 24 January 2023.