New air service opens connecting Phu Quoc, China’s GuangzhouA direct air route was launched on July 6 connecting the southern resort island of Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang with China’s Guangzhou. Vietnam’s low-cost airline Vietjet will open its service from Phu Quoc to China’s Kunming, while China Eastern Airlines (MU) will operate another air route from Zhejiang to Phu Quoc. More directs flights between Phu Quoc and China’s localities are scheduled to start in July. In the first half of this year, the airport served 42 international flights with 4,925 passengers. The Airports Corporation of Vietnam is accelerating the implementation of the second phase of the project to upgrade the Phu Quoc International Airport’s infrastructure facilities to better serve domestic and international flights to the island.

Source: VietNamNet News July 07, 2016 03:33 UTC