Vietnam Airlines has resumed flights between Da
Nang and Tokyo Narita, Japan.
The airline will operate the Da Nang – Tokyo
Narita service with 4 flights per week every Tuesday, Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday.
Flight VN318 is scheduled to depart from Da Nang
(DAD)
at 00:05 and arrive at Tokyo Narita
(NRT) airport at 07:25.
The return leg, flight VN319, is slated to leave
Tokyo Narita at 10:30, arriving back in Da Nang at 14:25.
The carrier plans to gradually increase the
frequency of flights to meet demand,
with daily flights expected to take off from 1 July 2023.
The year 2023 marks the 50th
anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between
Japan and Vietnam.
The airline has resumed all routes to
destinations in Japan, including between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh
(Saigon)
and Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka; and now also between Da Nang and Tokyo.
Japan is the largest market and one of the most
important sources of visitor arrivals for Vietnam Airlines, with more than
1.6 million passengers transported in 2019, while Da Nang – Tokyo
route reached nearly 200,000 passengers during that year.
