A VietJet Air Airbus A320 diverted to Chennai on Tuesday 22 September 2026 after suffering an engine failure while cruising over the Bay of Bengal. The… The post VietJet Air A320 Suffers Mid-Flight Engine Failure Near Chennai first appeared on The Aviation Hub .
Published at 0100PDT / 0800GMT 22SEP26 Thai VietJet Air during Northern winter 2026/27 season is adjusting service to Mumbai, as the carrier plans to introduce Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from Bangkok from 01OCT26. The airline also plans to resume flights from Phuket from late-October 2026. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Mumbai eff 01OCT26 737 MAX 8 replaces A320, 1 daily VZ760 BKK2040 – 2350BOM 737 D VZ761 BOM0045 – 0630BKK 737 D Phuket – Mumbai eff 25OCT26 Service resumption, 4 weekly 737 MAX 8 VZ762 HKT2115 – 0030+1BOM 737 x135 VZ763 BOM0130 – 0730HKT 737 x246
Published at 1600PDT / 2300GMT 21SEP26 VietJet Air at the launch of Northern winter 2026/27 season plans operational aircraft changes on Hanoi – Shizuoka route, as the carrier schedules 220-seater Airbus A321 for the 3 weekly flights from 25OCT26, replacing 180-seater Airbus A320. VJ1980 HAN0250 – 0930FSZ 321 247 VJ1981 FSZ1030 – 1450HAN 321 247
Vietnamese airline Vietjet and French technology group Thales have signed a maintenance, repair and overhaul contract covering components for Vietjet’s Airbus A320 and A330 fleets, the companies said. Under the Repair-By-The-Hour agreement, Thales will provide component maintenance services aimed at improving aircraft availability, reducing operating lifecycle costs and speeding up repairs, they said. The deal […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm18 SeptPublished at 1100PDT / 1800GMT 15SEP26 VietJet Air in recent weeks filed service reductions on Ho Chi Minh City – Melbourne route during Northern winter 2026/27 season. From 25OCT26 to 27MAR27, the airline will maintain 5 weekly flights, instead of initially filed 7 weekly. Airbus A330-300 aircraft operates this route. VJ081 SGN1105 – 2335MEL 330 x36 VJ082 MEL0130 – 0555SGN 330 x47
Vietjet and Thales have signed major cooperation agreements covering repair and maintenance solutions, digital aviation, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. The contract exchange ceremony took place at the Élysée Palace […]
Vietjet and French technology group Thales have signed a series of major cooperation agreements covering aircraft maintenance, digital…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim14 Sept
CFM International and Vietnam’s Vietjet have signed a letter of intent to assess the feasibility of developing local maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities for LEAP engines in Vietnam, the companies said during Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam’s official visit to France. Under the agreement, CFM would propose a consulting arrangement to advise […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
CFM International and Vietjet have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) under which the companies to assess if Vietjet can develop its own solution for engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul […]
AviationNews – Vietjet has announced a significant capacity expansion by launching five new direct international routes across Asia this winter. The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will...
Vietjet adds flights to Western Sydney International: Vietjet and Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) have exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding and announced a new direct service between Ho […]
Flights from Vietnam’s largest city will begin in 2027.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile10 Aug
Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) announced that Vietjet Air will begin flying to Ho Chi Minh City starting…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim10 Aug
Vietjet says it saw strong financial and operating results for the second quarter and first half of 2026. Growth was driven by resilient travel demand, Vietjet’s continued international expansion and […]
Vietjet to resume five domestic routes to Da Lat: Vietjet will resume flights to Da Lat from August following the expected reopening of Lien Khuong International Airport (Lam Dong Province) […]
Vietjet Qazaqstan has successfully gone live with Swiss-AS‘s AMOS Airline Edition, completing the implementation in April 2026 and now fully utilising the maintenance software following a stable post-implementation phase. The carrier, which operates five De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft across 16 destinations in Kazakhstan and the surrounding region, said the system will support the […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm3 Jul
VietJet's bold move to break the Qantas-Virgin duopoly in Australia could shake up the aviation industry.
Vietjet Air is seeking regulatory approval to launch a domestic airline operation in Australia, a move that would…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim29 JunVietjet boosts domestic summer capacity by 30%: As summer travel demand accelerates across Asia, Vietjet has increased its domestic flight capacity by 30% on key routes connecting Vietnam’s largest cities, […]
Unilode Aviation Solutions (Unilode) has has signed a partnership agreement with Vietnamese low-cost airline Vietjet Air to provide a fully integrated unit load device (ULD)…
Aviation Business News•Craig Waters22 Jun