Hong Kong-based Dragonair Sunday launched the Hong Kong-Hanoi route using A320 and A321 aircraft, offering daily return tickets for US$380.

Hanoi is the eighth destination of Dragonair since it became a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, said Peter Sanderson, Dragonair’s general director and captain of the Hong Kong-Hanoi first flight.

Sanderson expressed his confidence in the route’s success citing Vietnam’s rapidly growing economy and open tourism market, adding the airlines’ next destination will be Ho Chi Minh City.

Dragonair possesses a fleet of 32 passenger aircraft and 5 freighters, providing service to 34 destinations in the region.

(Source: VNA)