«IrAero» today carried out the first direct flight from Russia to Vietnam after the lifting of covid restrictions. The Irkutsk – Hanoi route was flown by a Sukhoi Superjet 100.

«The plane landed at Noi Bai International Airport at 23:35 local time (19:35 Moscow time)», – said the deputy general director of «IrAero» Sergey Krupnov.

«This is the first direct flight to Vietnam from Russia after air travel between our countries was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not a charter, this is a regular passenger flight, on which hot meals are provided and for which you can safely buy a ticket», – he added.

«We have done quite a meticulous preparatory work, we have been preparing as a team – the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency supported us very actively in this matter. We approached the issue carefully, thoroughly. Especially since the implementation of these flights is carried out within the framework of the implementation of the resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation on the resumption of international air traffic with friendly countries», – noted Krupnov.

Initially, «IrAero» will perform one flight a week on the Irkutsk - Hanoi - Irkutsk route on Sundays, then the same flight will be added on Fridays. In the future, the airline plans to open flights to the Vietnamese resort of Nha Trang from Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.