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Old 29th Oct 2023, 21:00
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davidjohnson6
 
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News about a codeshare between VS and Vietnam Airlines on routes between Delhi/Mumbai and Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231029-vsvncodeshare
I'm struggling to understand what sort of passengers would likely want a VS ticket on these routes or why VS and VN think this will do well. This codeshare seems to be Skyteam boxticking for the sake of boxticking. If I wanted to fly between London and Vietnam, changing aircraft in India at a nonhub city doesn't seem an obvious choice - with relatively low frequencies from both VS and VN on the respective sectors, there seems to be too much risk and downside to a passenger if things go wrong, along with little opportunity to fix issues due to Indian visa requirements
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