Summary
- Vietnam Airlines now offers every day nonstop flights between London’s Heathrow Airport and two Vietnamese airports, providing a convenient connection between the UK and Vietnam.
- The flights take over 11 hours and avoid flying over China and Russia because of tense relations and international sanctions, and are operated by the airline’s Dreamliners.
Vietnam Airlines has announced the return of every day connections between London’s Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 and two Vietnamese cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Scheduled overnight long-range flights
These nonstop flights take over 11 hours from Heathrow to Vietnam currently to go over 6,149 mi (9,895 km), in accordance with Flightera.net. As a substitute of going the nice circle route between the UK and Vietnam, the flights avoid the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation. The previous as relations between Vietnam and the PRC have been tense, and the latter because of international sanctions arising from Russia’s War on Ukraine. Below is a recent Flightradar24 playback of such a flight:
Graphic: Flightradar24
These flights are only possible due to the potential of long-range aircraft just like the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which may fly 7,565 nautical miles (8,705.6 mi, 14,010 km). One must remember the 787 was intended to serve the point-to-point model of airline service and, as such, fly long distances efficiently.
Below is a schedule from Vietnam Airlines for the flights. All times are local:
Flight number |
Depart |
Arrive |
Frequency |
VN56 |
London – 11:00 |
Hanoi 05:45 (+1) |
Tues/Weds/Fri/Sun |
VN55 |
Hanoi – 01:10 |
London – 07:15 |
Tues/Weds/Fri/Sun |
VN50 |
London – 11:00 |
Ho Chi Minh City 06:50 (+1) |
Mon/Thurs/Sat |
VN51 |
Ho Chi Minh City -00:05 |
London – 07:15 |
Mon/Thurs/Sa |
Vietnam Airlines’ long-haul network in Europe is just not limited to London. This month, the carrier has 243 roundtrip flights scheduled between Vietnam and London, Paris, and Frankfurt. The Asian carrier’s busiest routes are to Paris and Frankfurt. Vietnam Airlines offers every day flights from Hanoi to Paris on the Airbus A350-900s and every day flights to Frankfurt on the 787s. In total, greater than 67,000 seats can be found this month.
Putting 787-9s to good use
Vietnam Airlines has a fleet of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, consisting of 11 787-9s with a mean age of seven years plus 4 larger capability 787-10s. An extra 4 Boeing 787-10s are on order. In keeping with ch-aviation data, most 787-9 models have a cabin configuration of 211 seats in economy, 35 in premium economy, and 28 in business class. Nonetheless, three 787-9s are configured with 283 economy and 28 business class seats, mainly used on domestic flights.
The airline also has Airbus widebodies, 14 Airbus A350-900s, with a mean age of 6.7 years. The A350s are most steadily used on flights inside Asia and within the Pacific, but in addition on the airline’s route from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco International Airport.
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