Vietnam Airlines, French partner cooperate in aircraft engine maintenanceVietnam Airlines and Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFM KLM E&M) inked an agreement for the maintenance of Boeing 787-9 engines worth 500 million USD in Paris on March 26. Duong Tri Thanh, General Director of Vietnam Airlines, told Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper that Vietnam Airlines is proud to be the only Vietnamese air carrier to run direct flights between Vietnam and France over the past 15 years. Vietnam Airlines has always regarded France as a strategic market to access Europe and North America, he said. On July 2, 1994, the airline launched an air route between Vietnam and France through Dubai, using Boeing 767 aircraft. Vietnam Airlines is the only Vietnamese air carrier to conduct flights from the Southeast Asian nation to France, with 10 per week.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News March 27, 2018 04:41 UTC