At 01:36 am on Aug 21, flight VU1418 from Vietnam's Noibai International Airport landed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
It marked the opening of the Sanya-Hanoi international service, which is being operated by Vietravel Airlines and runs every Thursday and Sunday, with a round trip time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
The inbound flight number is VU1418, which departs from Hanoi at 11:40 pm and arrives in Sanya at 01:20 am the next day. Outgoing flight JT1417 departs Sanya at 02:30 am and arrives in Hanoi at 04:10 am.
The new route is expected to make things far easier for tourists and business people from both regions and promote the exchange and development in tourism, commerce and trade, culture and other fields.
