Budget carrier VietJetAir plans to launch a new route from Da Nang to Japan's Osaka later this year.  It will become the second budget airline to offer the new air route.

Passengers check-in at the new terminal of Da Nang International Airport

An official from VietJetAir confirmed to the Viet Nam News that the new route will help attract more Japanese tourists and investors to Da Nang, and elsewhere in the central region.

He said the airline had been completing procedures to launch the flight soon.

According to the city’s Tourism Department, low cost carrier Jetstar Pacific will officially launch its Da Nang-Osaka in September, and booking will be opened next month.

The Department said that VietJetAir who launched a Da Nang-Seoul route last week, will operate the Da Nang-Incheon with daily flight from 31 May.

VietJet Air plans to launch its flights from Da Nang to South Korea’s Daegu City on 15 June, with 7 flights per week.

In 2014, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines officially launched the first direct flight connecting Narita Airport, Tokyo, and Da Nang with 7 direct flights per week.

The number of Japanese tourists to Da Nang is expected to go up by 15 to 20% due to the launch of direct flights.

More than 400,000 Japanese tourists visited the city last year.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)