The 180-seat Airbus A320 of Jetstar Pacific en route from Da Nang landed in Hong Kong (China) on 27 March, marking a new connection between the city and the Chinese territory.

Jestar Pacific aircraft (Photo: Jestar Pacific)

The launching of the new service aims to meet the increasing travel demand of tourists and businesspeople between Hong Kong and central Viet Nam.  It is the 3^rd international route by Jetstar Pacific and Jetstar Group from Da Nang to foreign cities after those connecting Da Nang with Taipei (China) and Singapore.

According to the low-cost carrier, it will operate 3 flights per week - on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays - with tickets sold from only 290,000 VND (12.7 USD) per flight.  Each flight takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Flight from Da Nang is scheduled to take off at 10:10am whilst that from Hong Kong will return to the city at 2:05pm.

The number of international tourist arrivals to Da Nang has been on the rise in recent years.  In 2016, the city welcomed 1.7 million visitors, an increase of 31.6% against 2015.

Cathay Dragon and Hongkong Express have also operated their services from Da Nang to Hong Kong with 7 flights and 3 flights per week respectively.

(Source: VNA)