AsemconnectVietnam - Vietjet on December 19 operated its inaugural flight to Long Thanh International Airport. Flight VJ038, operated by an Airbus A321neo, departed from Tan Son Nhat Airport and landed safely, comfortably and on schedule at Long Thanh.

The new-generation carrier Vietjet Air on December 19 marked two major milestones at the newly-inaugurated Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai with the topping-out ceremony of its international-standard aircraft maintenance hangar project and the launch of its inaugural flight to the new airport.

The hangar project, which broke ground on August 19, 2025, forms part of the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Centre at Long Thanh, with a total investment of up to 100 million USD and a land area of 8.4 hectares. The construction of Hangars No. 3 and No. 4 has been designed, managed and supervised by international firms Mace (the UK) and Apave (France).

Completed on schedule in just four months, the project features a large-span steel space-frame structure that meets global aviation technical standards. Once operational, the hangar complex will be capable of accommodating and maintaining up to six narrow-body and two wide-body aircraft simultaneously, or up to ten narrow-body aircraft.

The project is expected to play an important role in enhancing domestic technical capacity, reducing overseas maintenance costs, improving fleet operational efficiency, and generating additional jobs and economic value for Vietnam’s southern region.

Alongside infrastructure development, Vietjet operated its inaugural flight to Long Thanh International Airport. Flight VJ038, operated by an Airbus A321neo, departed from Tan Son Nhat Airport and landed safely, comfortably and on schedule at Long Thanh.
Source: Vietnamplus.vn