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Turkish Airlines and Vietnam Airlines to co-operate on passenger and cargo flights
July 20th 2022
Turkish Airlines and Vietnam Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fly passenger and cargo flights between the two countries. Read More » The flag carriers are “studying the opportunity” to codeshare on each other's passenger services from Istanbul to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In the meantime, they have committed to an air cargo codeshare between the three cities from 2023. “In recovering from the crisis the pandemic brought to the aviation sector, we all became aware of the crucial need to cooperate, “Turkish Airlines chief investment and technology officer, Levent Konukcu, said. “Our mutual desire and expectations are to enrich relations in many fields and provide more opportunities to our passengers.” Vietnam Airlines CEO, Le Hong Ha, said: “Cooperation between the two flag carriers will offer great benefits to our passengers, promote aviation connectivity and economic and cultural exchanges between Vietnam, Türkiye, Europe and the Middle East. The MoU was signed at the Farnborough Airshow.