Passengers increased hot, the airlines flew to Phu Quoc

Visitors to Phu Quoc are increasing so domestic airlines massively increase the load, restore or open new routes to Ngoc Island. Phu Quoc airport is receiving about 40 flights / day.
Vietnam Aviation Administration has just agreed to grant transportation rights to 5 routes to / from Phu Quoc and vice versa.

These are flights from Phu Bai Airport (Thua Thien – Hue), Chu Lai (Quang Nam), Dong Hoi (Quang Binh), Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) and Van Don (Quang Ninh) to / from Phu Quoc ( PQC) and vice versa. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said it would consider in detail the landing frequency and time when licensing the above routes. Previously, Vietjet Air announced to open a series of flights from Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Nha Trang, Da Lat and Vinh to Phu Quoc, operating from March 28, April 2 and April 29 respectively. At the same time, the company increased the load on routes exploiting from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong to Phu Quoc. Thus, when opening 5 new routes above, Vietjet Air will operate a total of 13 domestic routes to Phu Quoc. Group of 40 tourists from TST travel agency are in Phu Quoc (photo Minh Man) Vietnam Airlines also said it will restore 4 routes from Hai Phong, Da Lat, Vinh, Da Nang with Phu Quoc from April 23 and increase the number of seats and flights to serve the peak demand of the summer. Accordingly, for flights from Hai Phong, Da Lat, Vinh – Phu Quoc, 4 round-trip flights per week then increased to 7 flights from 1/6/2021. Da Nang – Phu Quoc segment also operates 4 round trip / week. Meanwhile, Bamboo Airways has flights from Hanoi / Da Nang / Ho Chi Minh City / Thanh Hoa / Can Tho / Vinh to Phu Quoc and vice versa. “Rookie” Vietravel Airlines recently operated flights from Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc. When the translation of Covid-19 was paused, tourists rushed to travel to Phu Quoc. This is the hottest destination since the beginning of the year. With nice weather, air ticket price or flight ticket combo, reasonable hotel room, if not very cheap, Ngoc Island is very attractive to tourists. For example, on the occasion of re-exploiting some routes to Phu Quoc, Vietnam Airlines launched a special price from only 69,000 VND / way (equivalent to 546,000 VND / way including taxes and fees), applicable to itineraries. flying from April 23 to May 8 minus the peak period. Vietjet has just joined hands with Vinpearl to offer a package of airline and hotel tickets, with prices starting from VND 2.34 million / person. Accordingly, from April 6-15, customers can order a combo to fly directly from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Hai Phong, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Vinh to Phu Quoc for the journey. 3 days 2 nights, from April 21 to May 30, except for the peak occasion. Currently, Phu Quoc airport receives about 40 flights every day, equivalent to about 6,000-7,000 passengers. In the first two months of this year, Phu Quoc welcomed 656,000 visitors, accounting for 75-80% of the total number of visitors to Kien Giang with about 887,215 people. This number of visitors, though still down 44.5% compared to the same period in 2020, is on a strong trend to increase since March. Therefore, Kien Giang tourism this year strives to welcome 7 million visitors, an increase of more than 34% compared to the implementation in 2020; total revenue from tourism is more than 11,500 billion, up 46.2%. Talking to the press, Ms. Lam Thi Diem Tram, Director of Phu Quoc Island Tourism and Events Co., Ltd, said that on average 1 month, this company receives from 2,000 to 4,000 tourists booking tours to Phu Quoc. In particular, on the holiday of April 30 to May 1, the number of visitors to Phu Quoc doubled. In April, from Hung Vuong’s death anniversary to April 30, flights from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc ran out of tickets, so travel companies are asking airlines to increase flights, according to Ms. Lam. Representatives of TST Tourist Company (Ho Chi Minh City) shared, the total number of tourists booking tours at the company in April reached nearly 3,000 guests, in May nearly 1,000 guests. In particular, Phu Quoc is one of the preferred destinations for business delegation tours.