Mekong Aviation Joint Stock Company
[About Us Introduction]
." Air Mekong. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "Headquarters: Hamlet 3, Village 7, An Thoi Town, Phu Quoc Island, Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam...
Address in Vietnamese
: "Xóm 3, Ấp 7, Thị trấn An Thới, Huyện Phú Quốc, Tỉnh Kiên Giang, Việt Nam." - and "Hanoi Branch: 3rd Floor, Syrena Tower, 51 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam" ( vi, Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không Mê Kông
[Liên hệ truyền thông]
." Air Mekong. Retrieved on 21 December 2010.), doing business as Air Mekong, was an
airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in whic ...
from
Vietnam which operated scheduled passenger flights from its base at
Phu Quoc Airport and secondary hubs at
Noi Bai International Airport
Nội Bài International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Nội Bài) in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the second largest and busiest airport for passenger traffic, after Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It is currently the main airpo ...
and
Tan Son Nhat International Airport
Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất or Cảng hàng không quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất) is the busiest airport in Vietnam with 32.5 million passengers in 2016 and 38.5 million passengers in 201 ...
. Its headquarters were located in
Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang Province. It was established in 2009 and flight operations were launched on 9 October 2010. This is the third privately owned airline of Vietnam, after
Indochina Airlines (defunct as of 2009), and
VietJet Air
VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company ( vi, Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không VietJet), trading as VietJet Air (or simply Vietjet), is an international low-cost airline from Vietnam. It was the first privately owned new-age airline to be establi ...
. Air Mekong leased four
Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft from
SkyWest Airlines, each equipped with 90 seats in both
business
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit."
Having a business name does not separa ...
and
economy class
Economy class, also called third class, coach class, steerage, or to distinguish it from the slightly more expensive premium economy class, standard economy class or budget economy class, is the lowest travel class of seating in air travel, r ...
es.
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. VnExpress (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 16 November 2010.
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. VnExpress (23 July 2010). Retrieved on 16 November 2010. In 2011, Air Mekong operated 10,750 flights and carried about 710 thousand passengers.
Air Mekong is a member of
BIM Group. Other shareholders are
SkyWest, Inc. and
Eximbank.
Destinations
As of August 2011, Air Mekong offers scheduled flights to the following destinations across Vietnam:
All these routes have been suspended since 1 March 2013 until the airline changes their fleet. The date of resumption of service has not been announced.
As of January 2015, the license has been revoked following extended dormancy.
Fleet
Air Mekong leased four
Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft from
SkyWest Airlines equipped with 90 seats in both business and economy class.
Corporate affairs
Air Mekong has its corporate headquarters in
Phú Quốc,
Kiên Giang Province.
Air Mekong maintains its
Hanoi branch on the third floor of the Syrena Tower (tòa nhà Syrena) in
Tay Ho, Hanoi.
The Hanoi office houses the Commerce and Services Department, including the PR & Advertising Division.
[Media > Contact Information]
." Air Mekong. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "''For media purpose, kindly contact us at'': Mekong Aviation JSC PR & Advertising Division Commerce and Services Department Add: 3rd Floor, Syrena Tower, 51 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi.
Text in Vietnamese
: "''Quý khách có nhu cầu liên hệ về truyền thông và quảng cáo, vui lòng liên lạc với chúng tôi theo địa chỉ:'' Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không Mê Kông Phòng PR & Quảng cáo Bộ phận Thương Mại và Dịch vụ Tầng 3. tòa nhà Syrena, 51 Xuân Diệu, Tây Hồ, Hà Nội."
See also
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Indochina Airlines
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Pacific Airlines
Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Aviation Company (, operating as Pacific Airlines) is a low-cost airline headquartered in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With its operating base at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh C ...
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Transport in Vietnam
Transportation in Vietnam is improving rapidly in terms of both quantity and quality. Especially road traffic is growing rapidly but the major roads are dangerous and slow to travel on due to outdated design and an inappropriate traffic mix. In re ...
*
VietJet Air
VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company ( vi, Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không VietJet), trading as VietJet Air (or simply Vietjet), is an international low-cost airline from Vietnam. It was the first privately owned new-age airline to be establi ...
References
External links
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