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seats with a 180-degree flat reclin- Europe in general.’
ing function in Business Class. The
seats also LED lights and an inte- Bamboo Airways made its first
grated in-seat charging system. flight connecting Vietnam and
Cambodia in August and operates
Bamboo Airways Embraer-190 aircraft on these
routes. in April 2021, Bamboo
Bamboo Airways is a part of the Airways took part in a demo flight
Vietnamese conglomerate FLC of Embraer’s E190-E2 TechShark in
Group and started commercial flights. Bamboo Airways plans to Hanoi which demonstrated the air-
operations in January 2019 with a operate on 40 international routes craft’s fuel efficiency and capacity
leased A320ceo. The airline grew and 80 domestic routes in 2022. for short runways.
quickly, inducting its first 787-9, the
same year, becoming the first pri- Bamboo Airways’ domestic flight The airline also appears to be inter-
vate Vietnamese carrier to induct a network expanded in the peak ested in the Airbus A220 single-aisle
widebody jetliner. Bamboo Airways period of summer 2022, with jetliner, attending a demonstra-
is looking to increase its fleet to 35 load factors on many routes con- tion of the aircraft in May. In a
tinuously recording high rates,
aircraft by the end of 2022, growing frequently exceeding 80 per cent. statement, the carrier said that its
to 42 by 2023, and 100 by 2028. The The airline’s revenue in April 2022 attendance of the demonstration
airline currently operates a fleet of exceeded US$ 42,000, growing to flight of the A220, was a reflection
nearly 30 aircraft including 787- nearly US$ 85,000 in revenue per of the airline’s great interest and
9s, Embraer-190s, and Airbus 320 month from May to July 2022. relentless efforts in fortifying its cur-
family jetliners. Bamboo Airways rent fleet and expanding network.
was the first airline to operate The airline will also continue to Airbus conducted the demo flight
Embraer jetliners in Vietnam. promote and launch new interna- of the new single-aisle A220-300
tional routes to markets in Asia, at Vietnam’s Noi Bai International
Bamboo Airways took part in a Europe, Australia, and further to Airport in the presence of Bamboo
demo flight of Embraer’s E190- the Americas. In particular, it will Airways’ officials in May.
E2 TechShark in Hanoi in April focus on developing long-haul
2021 nonstop international flights con- Bamboo Airways has stated that
necting major continental gateway the A220-300 would offer it consid-
Bamboo Airways presently operates airports. Bamboo Airways operates erable flexibility in operating either
an average of 170 flights per day, regular intercontinental flights con- domestic routes or new regional
covering the domestic flight net- necting the two largest cities of routes out of Asia – Pacific. The
work with nearly 40 routes to 21/22 Vietnam with Australia and Europe. efficient narrow-body aircraft can
airports in Vietnam, and 12 regu- From October, Bamboo Airways will undertake both short and medi-
lar international nonstop routes launch a weekly nonstop service um-haul flights. The A220-300 is the
to Asia, Europe, and Australia. The on Saturdays connecting Noi Bai larger member of A220 family and
airline also moved quickly, shortly International Airport and London’s can seat up to 160 passengers. The
after Vietnam officially reopened Gatwick Airport. Hoang Ngoc new generation A220 delivers 25%
its international flight network in Thach, Deputy Chief Commercial lower fuel burn than previous gen-
mid-February 2022 to launch nine Officer of Bamboo Airways, said: eration aircraft in the same class,
new international regular non-stop ‘The nonstop Hanoi – Gatwick route largely due to its Pratt & Whitney
routes while increasing the fre- is Bamboo Airways’ next effort in PurePower PW1500G geared turbo-
quency of pre-pandemic operated serving UK market in particular and fan engines.

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