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Re: South Vietnam AF aircraft in HCMC in 2004(!?)

Thank you so much for your very comprehensive reply. It’s such a pity, I travelled through SGN so often but never was able to see this C-119. I might travel to Quang Tri to see it once it arrived there. That position is pretty much unable to be seen by casual passengers. Can't wait to see it in Qua...

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Re: South Vietnam AF aircraft in HCMC in 2004(!?)

FYI, Vietnam is trying to build a new airport outside of Saigon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Thanh_International_Airport Not sure if they will keep this airport for domestic uses. Property price being what it is, most likely this airport will be gone in a decade. bt SGN won't go anywhere. ...

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Re: South Vietnam AF aircraft in HCMC in 2004(!?)

FYI, Vietnam is trying to build a new airport outside of Saigon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Thanh_International_Airport Not sure if they will keep this airport for domestic uses. Property price being what it is, most likely this airport will be gone in a decade. bt SGN won't go anywhere. ...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://vtcnews.vn/sau-dung-bay-pacific-airlines-cung-ung-dich-vu-san-do-cho-bamboo-airways-ar862160.html Even though all services were ceased, Pacific Airlines is providing ground services for Bamboo Airways - another Vietnamese ill-fated airline - at HAN. It is a rare operation of BL at this momen...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

Anyone know why one of the A350s VN-A888 has been parked since last Sept??? Engine maintenance? I think that VN also called the A350's name when talking about its engine crisis (PW grounding). https://tuoitre.vn/thieu-may-bay-do-bao-duong-di-lai-ra-sao-20240321084856329.htm The Trent XWB on the A 3...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://tuoitre.vn/thieu-may-bay-do-bao ... 856329.htm

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

An analysis on why VN and BL are stucked in the current situation. It is pretty much inarguable saying that BL is facing bankruptcy. https://vietnamnet.vn/en/rescue-actions-fail-budget-carrier-pacific-airlines-faces-bankruptcy-2261857.html The national flag air carrier wanted to divest from Pacific ...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

With Điện Biên (DIN) was just upgraded into a bigger airport and now able to handle A321 ops Wow, interesting. Didn’t know that and will try to book a flight HAN - DIN later this year. So thank you for the information. Yes, also with a newly-built terminal! And VN is flying 2 flights per day to DIN...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

VN to launch MUC from October 2024: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240311-vn4q24muc HAN starts from 4 Oct with 2 weekly. SGN starts from 7 Oct initially with 1 weekly, increasing to 2 weekly from 4 Dec. Apart from MUC, VN's chairman Dang Ngoc Hoa said last January that it would open more internatio...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

CAAV requested BL to submit its restructuring plan today ("before March 22) https://vietnamnet.vn/en/caav-asks-pacific-airlines-to-submit-its-restructuring-plan-2262347.html Along with that, CAAV also requested this airline urgently implement the restructuring of the aircraft fleet, plan to put...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

Updating you about another VN's child...this one seems to be better. https://tuoitre.vn/bamboo-airways-dung-bay-con-dao-vietnam-airlines-lien-tang-tan-suat-2024031813292304.htm VASCO (0V) is increasing its VCS services frequency by 50% and currently flying 24-30 SGN-VCS flights daily with its fleet ...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://thanhnien.vn/tiet-lo-khoan-no-khung-ma-pacific-airlines-duoc-xoa-sau-khi-tra-doi-bay-185240320091932078.htm By returning its whole fleet, BL has solved a debt of $220 mil. https://tuoitre.vn/cuc-hang-khong-yeu-cau-pacific-airlines-3-noi-dung-truoc-mat-20240320184306663.htm CAA Vietnam has re...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://vtcnews.vn/airasia-4-lan-that-bai-trong-viec-lap-hang-bay-tai-viet-nam-ar470106.html Four times of AirAsia failed to make a Vietnamese debut: 1. Failed bid to invest in BL (mentioned, lost bid to QF/JQ). 2. Failed jv with Vinashin due to the Vietnamese Government didn't want to approve new a...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://vnexpress.net/pacific-airlines-phai-tra-het-tau-bay-4723722.html Another Vietnamese source reported that BL will lease 3 aircraft from VN to "optimize the resources". This number is also the minimal number for a Vietnamese carrier to retain its necessary licenses and AOC for immedi...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://thanhnien.vn/cuc-soc-mot-hang-hang-khong-viet-nam-tra-toan-bo-may-bay-de-xoa-no-185240318144109873.htm BL confirmed that it has returned its whole fleet. Its homepage has been shut down, no BL-branded tickets are selling as well as no flight is flying with the BL code. It also states that i...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

https://thanhnien.vn/cuc-soc-mot-hang-hang-khong-viet-nam-tra-toan-bo-may-bay-de-xoa-no-185240318144109873.htm BL confirmed that it has returned its whole fleet. Its homepage has been shut down, no BL-branded tickets are selling as well as no flight is flying with the BL code. It also states that it...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like it's real that BL has ceased most of its ops. The whole BL fleet will be returned (only 6 left) and VN fleet will be transferred to BL within few months. Still, I have heard of no bankruptcy filing. Some older VN fleet will go to BL? I hadn’t heard wind of this either. VN will be quite s...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like it's real that BL has ceased most of its ops.
The whole BL fleet will be returned (only 6 left) and VN fleet will be transferred to BL within few months.
Still, I have heard of no bankruptcy filing.

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Re: New Delta Uniforms and services

So...will there be any revised and updated livery? I assume DL can definitely do a better one comparing to the current design...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

Rumors: Pacific Airlines will return its whole fleet.

Doesn't mean that VN is shutting down this carrier, as the solution to wet-lease VN's A321 is mentioned.

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Re: Singapore Airshow 2024 (20-25th February)

Just my opinion... Vietjet should have learnt from history that no LCC world-wide has ever been successful flying long haul low cost with its main regional rival Air Asia X having suffered the same fate at its previous failed attempts flying to HNL LGW MRU IKA AKL MCT etc. It should just focus on i...

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Re: Singapore Airshow 2024 (20-25th February)

Didn't expect that one, I thought VJ would simply pursue used A330s, but an interesting order I'm glad to see. Only an MOU of course, but seems that VJ is serious about its ambition. This seems like a natural evolution for VJ, and the A330's typical availability advantage means they won't have to w...

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Re: Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues; many aircraft grounded

https://english.vov.vn/en/society/two-vietnamese-airlines-ground-40-aircraft-due-to-engine-inspection-post1075076.vov The PW GTF crisis is coming to Vietnam and slap Vietnamese carriers pretty hard when PW's recent Alert Service Bulletin resulted in the compulsory grounding and inspection of 44 air...

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Re: Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues; many aircraft grounded

https://english.vov.vn/en/society/two-vietnamese-airlines-ground-40-aircraft-due-to-engine-inspection-post1075076.vov The PW GTF crisis is coming to Vietnam and slap Vietnamese carriers pretty hard when PW's recent Alert Service Bulletin resulted in the compulsory grounding and inspection of 44 air...

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Re: Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues; many aircraft grounded

https://english.vov.vn/en/society/two-vietnamese-airlines-ground-40-aircraft-due-to-engine-inspection-post1075076.vov The PW GTF crisis is coming to Vietnam and slap Vietnamese carriers pretty hard when PW's recent Alert Service Bulletin resulted in the compulsory grounding and inspection of 44 airf...

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Re: Vietnam Airlines (VN) News and Discussion - 2024

VN (and VJ) will employ Bamboo's staff to save the local aviation workforce. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/companies/vietnam-airlines-to-employ-bamboo-airways-excess-staff-4695096.html Due to Bamboo's crisis, it had to downsize itself, and a lot of staffs were unfortunately laid off. However...

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Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

VN confirms that it will take up at least two more B78X airframes in 2024.
Yet to know if they come from the batch of 4 already built airframes (with at least one airframe got VN livery removed), and we don't know if VN will go with a further 2 more to fulfill its initial leasing commitment with ALC.

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VN and TK eye cargo joint-venture establishment?

https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/turkish-airlines-and-vietnam-airlines-consider-cargo-joint-venture/ Turkish Airlines and Vietnam Airlines yesterday signed an agreement to cooperate on air cargo with the possibility of forming a joint venture (JV) in the future. Following the agreement, the two...

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

https://vietstock.vn/2023/11/ceo-luong- ... 125300.htm

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

AC4500 wrote:
What will happen to their 787-9s? Are any other airlines picking them up?

All of them were leased so I guess they are no more QH's concern as of now, except some unpaid debts to their lessors if there are any.

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

...I don't see how they can survive too long with barely a dozen aircraft. They'll have to get a fairly sizeable fleet in order to offer good enough service, at least on the busy domestic routes. I think this is the reason why they aim to return back to the 30-airframe landmark as soon as possible....

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

New Bamboo's CEO has answered to the media about the ongoing restructuring of QH. At this moment, QH is now having just 11 airframes commissioning under the Vietnamese registration (with 8 of them reportedly active), compared to around ~30 airframes when this thread was first created. ⋅ N...

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Re: Rumors of F-16 to Vietnam

Vietnam is still a single-party communist state, and the Vietnamese leaders will never give up the (reasonable) fear that the US will overthrow the communist regime in Vietnam. The US has not shy away from having relations with authoritarian state before as long as it serves its strategic interests...

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Re: Rumors of F-16 to Vietnam

No, I don't think this F-16 deal is going to happen. I too think the French fighters may have a better chance. However used F-16 would also make sense as a start. Consider that right now I feel the US is having better relations with Vietnam than with another F-16 country, Pakistan. bt No matter how...

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Re: Rumors of F-16 to Vietnam

As a Vietnamese...

No, I don't think this F-16 deal is going to happen. This has been rumored almost annualy since 2015 when Obama lifted the arms embargoes.

But I will bet my money on a C-130J deal.

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

Looks like Bamboo will shrink its fleet to only just over 10 aircraft left.
And that's the best-case scenario if Bamboo will survive in the next 6 months.
It has started to cancel some domestic routes including HAN-PQC. I assume it's directly resulting from the sudden fleet downsizing.

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

Bamboo apologized for the major disruption and explained that its customer service sector could not handle all requests due to overwhelming demand. It promises to solve all cases related to justified flight changing and full refunding as soon as possible https://www.facebook.com/BambooAirwaysFanpage...

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

Bamboo announced that it is (temporarily) suspending SIN/TPE/NRT and HAN-BKK until at least 2Q2024. Those routes are the next ones to become subject to Bamboo's formal free flight changing and full refund program.

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Re: Bamboo Airways discarding its B789 fleet, canceling all long-haul services amid difficulties

QH just got a new CEO. He is the former director of the lossmaking Jetstar Pacific (the nowadays Pacific Airlines) and subsequently the already-defunct Air Mekong. He is the fourth CEO that Bamboo already assigned this year. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/companies/bamboo-airways-gets-new-ceo...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

Could a foreign carrier be interested in buying a stake to help rescue Bamboo? QR? It won't make much changes though. They could pour billions into the company, but the main problem for them is not about funding, but their inability to compete with VN and VJ. Unless they radically changed their bus...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

All long-haul flights have been closed for reservation, including in GDS. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231021-qhnw23lh There is still at least one HAN-MEL flight flying on Nov 1st and labeled as "sold out" on QH's website. And this is QH's formal notification sent to its partnered agenc...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

However I just surfaced Bamboo's website and I can confirm that until November 30 QH has canceled all of their FRA, LGW, and MEL services, with the straightforward message "All Flights Unavailable" returned. All long-haul flights have been closed for reservation, including in GDS. https:/...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

Could a foreign carrier be interested in buying a stake to help rescue Bamboo? QR? In the past, local Sacombank eyed an investment into the carrier. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/companies/lender-sacombank-eyes-bamboo-airways-investment-4653947.html In fact, Sacombank is the one standing be...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

Could a foreign carrier be interested in buying a stake to help rescue Bamboo? QR? Foreign investors can only own a maximum 34% shares in the Vietnamese airlines, which make any foreign investment into Viet airlines not so attractive. And the Vietnamese market is pretty much cruel with AirAsia thre...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

I feel like they are getting squished by VN and VJ on both direction. And the hybrid model just doesn't work as well for market like Vietnam. I don't think there is enough space for the 3 of them in the market. It is likely. They are too small to against VJ and never mature enough to play with the ...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

Fair to assume the undelivered ones are ordered with GEnx? Yes, ex-HU. And it also has a firm order for 10 more without engines ordered (only signed MoU with GE). Do we know what the delivery slots are? Who's in best position to take them on if they're handed back? The firmed order...QH even didn't...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

Isn’t the only real place Bamboo can differentiate itself is with the Long haul. With short haul flying airline like Lion Air and VietJet are gonna easily beat their fare and no one is gonna go for a FSC product on such short flights. While there is competition from Asian FSCs and the ME3, wouldn’t...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

What engines do these 789s have? They are GEnx powered 787-9's, they only have 2 active in the fleet now, the other was withdrawn from service and returned to the lessor, its been stored at PVG since late August Fair to assume the undelivered ones are ordered with GEnx? Yes, ex-HU. And it also has ...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

It's rumoring that QH is returning ALL of its B789. This means it will have to cancel all of its EU and Aussie services. Widespread disruptions of QH daily services are being reported that I started to think that this carrier is really going to bankrupt soon... They have zeroed out all long haul av...

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Re: Bamboo Airways denies bankruptcy rumors, admits that its widebody fleet is inefficient

It's rumoring that QH is returning ALL of its B789.. Rumours by who? Are the source(s) reliable? Private group of Vietnamese aviation communities. However I just surfaced Bamboo's website and I can confirm that until November 30 QH has canceled all of their FRA, LGW, and MEL services, with the stra...

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