Vietnam Air Service Company

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Vietnam Air Service Company
IATA
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ICAO
VFC
Callsign
VASCO
Founded 1987
Fleet size
Destinations 6
Headquarters Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Key people Bui Ngoc Hoang
Website: http://www.vasco.com.vn/en/

The Vietnam Air Service Company (Vietnamese: Công ty bay dịch vụ hàng không), or VASCO, is a chartered and scheduled airline in Vietnam, operating regional flights. It is based in Ho Chi Minh City, and operates scheduled passenger services in the south of the country. It also conducts charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, oil platforms flights, and other aviation services.[1]

VASCO was established by government directive in 1987, and was originally a part of Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier.[2] It began scheduled passenger flights independently of Vietnam Airlines in 2004,[3] and approval has been given for it to be partially privatized.[4] It has been reported that Vietnam Airlines wishes to use VASCO as a basis for a low-cost carrier, established in conjunction with foreign partners.[4] [5]

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A VASCO ATR-72 on the ground at Co Ong Airport, Con Dao, Vietnam.
A VASCO ATR-72 on the ground at Co Ong Airport, Con Dao, Vietnam.

VASCO currently flies to seven destinations in Vietnam.[6]

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  1. ^ VASCO website: About Us (English).
  2. ^ VASCO website: About Us (English).
  3. ^ Vietnam Airlines’ revenue takes off (English). Viet Nam News (17 July 2004).
  4. ^ a b Vietnamese government approves country's first privately owned airline (English). Forbes (30 November 2007).
  5. ^ 2007: Vietnam’s aviation industry will renew itself (English). Vietnam Economic Times (1 November 2007).
  6. ^ VASCO website: Flight Schedule (Vietnamese).

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