Vietnam Airlines launches four-times-weekly Ahmedabad-Hanoi service

Vietnam Airlines' inaugural flight from Ahmedabad to Hanoi left Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on 3 November 2026. The airline will fly the route four times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The airline will provide direct connectivity in both directions between Ahmedabad and Hanoi. The service gives travellers from Ahmedabad and nearby markets direct access to Hanoi, with onward connections across Vietnam Airlines' domestic and international network.

The launch makes Ahmedabad Vietnam Airlines' fifth passenger destination in India and its first in Gujarat. Ahmedabad is a major economic and cultural centre in Gujarat. Vietnam's state news agency said the city pair is the carrier's seventh route to India, connecting Vietnam with five major Indian cities. Aeroprime Group, the airline's passenger general sales agent in India, said it has been working with Vietnam Airlines to strengthen its presence and expand its network across the country.

Why Gujarat

Nguyen Trung Hieu, Vietnam Airlines' country manager for India, said Gujarat offers potential across leisure, business and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) travel. "This new route will provide travellers with a convenient direct connection to Hanoi, while enabling access to Vietnam's diverse destinations and our wider international network," he said. He also cited resort tourism, trade and MICE as areas of potential, calling Ahmedabad a promising new destination.

Abhishek Goyal, executive director and chief executive of Aeroprime Group, called Ahmedabad a commercially significant market with strong business activity and growing interest in international travel. He said Aeroprime would work to drive awareness and demand for the new service. Trinh Minh Manh, Vietnam's ambassador to India, said improved air links would boost tourism, trade, business exchanges and people-to-people ties between the two countries.

Demand from India

Vietnam received more than 670,000 Indian visitors in the first nine months of 2026, up 33% from a year earlier, according to Vietnam's state news agency. That makes India the country's eighth-largest source market for international visitors. The agency reported that the launch comes amid growing travel and trade demand between the two countries.

For travellers from Gujarat, the direct service means they no longer need a connecting flight to reach Hanoi. For Ahmedabad's airport, it adds another international connection and direct access to Southeast Asia. A spokesperson for Ahmedabad International Airport Limited said the connection would offer travellers greater choice and convenience while contributing to the growth of international connectivity from Gujarat.

The route strengthens international connectivity from Gujarat and is expected to support tourism, business travel, trade and MICE movements between India and Vietnam.