Vietnam Air Aims to Win Southeast Asia’s No. 2 Title by 2020 (original) (raw)

Vietnam Airlines aims to become Southeast Asia’s second-biggest full-service carrier by the end of the decade as it more than doubles its fleet in a bid to surpass Thai Airways International Pcl and Malaysian Airline System Bhd.

“If we are successful in expanding the network and strengthening our position, we’ll be number two after Singapore Airlines,” Chief Executive Officer Pham Ngoc Minh said at a briefing in Hanoi yesterday. The state-owned carrier may rank third by 2015, he said.