US DoT awards foreign air carrier permit to Vietnam Airlines

US Department of Transportation (DoT) granted (28-Aug-2019) Vietnam Airlines a foreign air carrier permit to operate the following services:

• Foreign scheduled passenger and cargo service between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, via the intermediate points Taipei, Osaka and Nagoya and the co terminal points Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Dallas Fort Worth, and beyond to Vancouver and Toronto;
• Foreign scheduled passenger and cargo service from points behind Vietnam, via Vietnam and intermediate points, to 25 co-terminal US points and beyond, on a codeshare basis only with an authorised US or third country carrier;
• Foreign charter passenger and cargo service between any point or points in Vietnam and any point or points in the US and between any point or points in the US and any point or points in a third country or countries, provided such service constitutes part of a continuous operation and includes service to Vietnam for the purpose of carrying local traffic between Vietnam and the US, with or without a change of aircraft. [more - original PR]