Vietnam Airlines & Tarom are expected to join SkyTeam in June next year!
Wow VN only took 1 yr to join! This would help promote tourism in SE Asia and puch SGN & HAN to be major HUBs!
Vietnam Airlines to join SkyTeam alliance in June
Vietnam Airlines Corp., the country’s state-owned carrier, and Romanian carrier Tarom SA will join the SkyTeam alliance in June as the group expands its operations in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
The governing board of SkyTeam made the decision Thursday in a meeting held in Incheon, South Korea, Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s biggest airline and a SkyTeam member, said in an e-mailed statement Thursday.
Joining the alliance will help Vietnam Air and Tarom expand their networks, boost sales and cut operating costs through cooperation with other group members. SkyTeam comprises 11 airlines at present including Delta Air Lines Inc. and China Southern Airlines Co.
No, not yet. We hasn't hear anything more news lately. I will find out any more new info from CI or MH. I would like to be consider to joins into the Skyteam Alliance in near of the future.
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Has anyone here had any experience of VN airlines? Also, what are SGN and HAN like to connect through? Their website seems to assume Vietnam is your destination and doesn't allow you to book say SIN-SGN-Vientiane?
Has anyone here had any experience of VN airlines? Also, what are SGN and HAN like to connect through? Their website seems to assume Vietnam is your destination and doesn't allow you to book say SIN-SGN-Vientiane?
I flew VN HAN-SIN in October to connect an open jaw I was flying on AA/JL (NYC-NRT-HAN...SIN-NRT-NYC).
Normally, this ticket purchased online would've been extremely cheap (like $49, competitive with LCC's, but VN is a major airline!)--but I booked too late and had to book premium economy. The plus side was this got me an exit row, lots of space.
More to the point, I thoroughly enjoyed my VN flight in coach. Best Y experience I had--and I had nice things to say about JL Y as well. Great food, great service, and the plane (which was at capacity) just felt spacious. I'm not sure what it was, it just felt spacious and open. (Perhaps it was just because I'd spent a week in Hanoi, which is quite crowded!).
Anyway, very impressed. Wish they were joining One World instead!! (98% of my paid travel is on AA).
Enjoy!
Question:
Will you still be able to get AsiaMiles on a VN flight once in joins skyteam??
OW: QF, AA, JL, CX
Strong links with both CX & JL don't know if these will last, but who knows
ST: CZ & KE
Strong Links with KE & VN was the first SE Asian airline that CZ code-shared with
Possible scenarios,
1. VN drops the AA code-share in favour of DL & code-shares with them
2. QF code-share might be dropped, but who knows as QF code-shares with AF anyways
2. VN might pull in JL to SkyTeam
3. VN code-shares with AF, SU, DL for flights in & out of VN
4. MH might jump on a code-share with VN
5. VN might launches it's own flights to AMS, LHR, LAX, ATL, PRG & SFO while increasing OZ flights to daily & European flights to daily
6. Subsidaries Siem Reap Airways & VASCO to also participate in SkyTeam
7. A better Product on VN birds
8. A better Golden Lotus Plus FFP to compete with others
9. SkyTeam airlines to base SEA flight in SGN
10. VN might even order the Airbus A380
(98% of my paid travel is on AA).
