Skyteam has formally accepted Vietnam Airlines as a member of it’s alliance.
The airline has been through a bit, but has modernised with long haul services, and short haul is slowly gaining respected traction – enough for a major alliance to sit up and pay attention to it.
This adds 20 more destinations to SkyTeams network, which is still smaller than Oneworld or Star Alliance. However, SkyTeam is slowly carving out a niche in Asia which could present problems for the other alliances as time goes on.
Vietnam Airlines flies 75 routes to 20 domestic and 26 international destinations with more than 290 daily flights. Operating a fleet 70 aircraft including Boeing 777, Airbus A330, A321/320’s.
It’s good to see SkyTeam expanding – they have go a slow growth burn about them.
