Thereby, passengers now can book seats and tickets with either Turkish Airlines or Vietnam Airlines to travel between Istanbul - Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Ha Noi - Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang. The destinations are important economic, social and tourist hubs in Turkey and Vietnam.

Turkish Airlines and Vietnam Airlines signs a codeshare agreement (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Bilal Ekşi, CEO of Turkish Airlines said, the codeshare agreement will further strengthen the cooperation between the two national airlines. Thereby, many passengers will be able to visit two beautiful and unique countries, Vietnam and Turkey. Additionally, with the ability of providing an increasing number of seats, as well as the variety of products in the future, the agreement will give a great hand in promoting the development of the two national airlines.

The cooperation of the two airlines will bring more options and attractive benefits to passengers, and promote the expansion of the route network and diverse products and services of Vietnam Airlines and Turkish Airlines, indicated Mr. Le Hong Ha, CEO of Vietnam Airlines. Besides, the cooperation will help promote economic, cultural and tourism exchanges between Vietnam and Turkey, attracting more passengers to visit the two countries.

The cooperation will bring more flexible and diverse flight options to passengers on the route between Vietnam and Turkey as well as neighbouring regions of the two countries (Photo: VNA)

Turkish Airlines is the flag carrier of Turkey, established in 1933 with the first crew of only 5 aircrafts. Today, Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, operating a fleet of 416 aircraft flying to 344 destinations worldwide with 53 domestic destinations and 291 international destinations in 129 countries.

Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam, and has emerged as the leader of the aviation industry in Vietnam and the region. Vietnam Airlines provides air transportation services on nearly 100 routes to domestic and international destinations. Owning a modern fleet of 100 aircraft, Vietnam Airlines is the first airline in the Asia-Pacific region to simultaneously operate two new generation aircraft Boeing 787 and Airbus A350. Vietnam Airlines being loved by its safety, punctuality with high-class service quality and imbued with Vietnamese cultural identity. Vietnam Airlines has maintained Skytrax's 4-star service quality for many consecutive years and is gradually upgrading to 5-star standard.

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