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Vietstar plans 2018 launch with five B737-800s
March 16th 2018
Vietnam’s skies are filling up quickly. Following launch announcements from AirAsia Group and Bamboo Airways, Vietstar Airlines, another local start-up, is hoping to receive an air operator’s certificate (AOC) this year. Read More »
On the sidelines of Aviation Week’s MRO East Asia conference, VietStar Aero Engineering Co. commercial director, Trinh Quoc Cuong, said the MRO provider was looking to lease five B737-800s to start scheduled passenger services in 2018.
The low-cost airline plans to increase its fleet to 15 aircraft by 2020 and fly domestic and international routes.
At this stage, however, it remains unclear if and when Vietstar might receive its AOC. Vietnam’s aviation authorities have held back on licencing new entrants because of growing capacity bottlenecks at Ho Chi Minh City Airport, the gateway to the country.
VietStar Aero Engineering Co. provides MRO services for Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air aircraft at Ho Chi Minh Airport. It owns three hangars at the airfield, capable of simultaneously servicing five single aisle aircraft.
