(VNF) - The budget carrier Vietjet Air launched the Ho Chi Minh city – Chu Lai route at the starting price of VND149,000, on May 27^th.

With the attractive ticket price and convenient flight time, the air route will meet the travel demand of people of Ho Chi Minh city and two provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.

The flight departs from Ho Chi Minh City at 7:25am and arrives in Chu Lai at 08:40am every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

The return flight takes off from Chu Lai at 9:15am and lands in Ho Chi Minh city at 10:30am. One-way flight time is one hour and 15 minutes.

Vietjet Air’s new domestic route launch aims to boost tourism and economic development in Chu Lai – a key connecting point between dynamic Da Nang city and potential Dung Quat economic zone. The carrier also hopes to enhance the tourism potential and trade relations between Quang Nam and other major cities around the country.

To celebrate the launch of the new domestic route, Vietjet Air continues to add over 1,500 flights, providing about 270,000 tickets with attractive prices for passengers who buy tickets before May 30^th, 2015, for travel period until August 30^th, 2015.

At the launch ceremony, the carrier presented 200 health insurance cards for the poor in Quang Nam and another 200 for those in Quang Ngai./.

( Hoang Nguyen )