Vietnam Airlines delivery schedule on track

Vietnam Airlines will take delivery of the first of 19 Boeing 787-9s in May, and the first of 14 Airbus A350-900s in June. The first 787-9 scheduled services will begin in June from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to London Gatwick. From November, the Vietnam flag carrier will add 787 flights to Frankfurt, exchanging 777-200ERs on both routes. Vietnam Airlines became the second carrier after Qatar Airways to add the Airbus A350-900 to its fleet. The first A350 route is scheduled from Vietnam to Paris Charles de Gaulle, making Vietnam Airlines the first carrier in the Far East to