Indonesia AirAsia is launching a non-stop passenger service from Jakarta to Ho Chi Minh City on 18 September.
It will have four times weekly non-stop services on the route, it says. The low-cost carrier, an associate of Malaysia's AirAsia, operates Airbus A320s and Boeing 737-300s.
According to Innovata, Lion Air and Garuda Indonesia have one-stop services on the route.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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