Cebu Pacific routes to Vietnam
Air Premia also resumes Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City
Cebu Pacific routes to Vietnam
Air Premia also resumes Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City
August 19th, 2026. On October 26th, Cebu Pacific will resume its service between Cebu and Ho Chi Minh City. The route will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Flight number 5J5780 will depart from Mactan–Cebu International Airport at 18:35 and will arrive at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City at 20:45. The return leg, flight number 5J5781, will leave Ho Chi Minh at 21:45 and will arrive back in Cebu at 01:55 the following morning.
An Airbus A320 Neo aircraft will serve the route, and the journey time will be three hours and ten minutes in each direction.
The airline is also taking reservations for the resumption of its link between Clark, which serves the city of Angeles, and Hanoi. The route commences on November 19th and departs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number 5J5872 will take off from Clark International Airport at 23:20 and will touch down at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi at 02:10 the next morning. The return trip, flight number 5J5873, will leave Hanoi at 03:10 on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and land back in Clark at 07:35.
The flight time will be three hours and fifty minutes for the outbound journey and about half an hour less for the return. An Airbus A320 will serve the route.
Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea’s Air Premia will resume its service between Seoul and Ho Chi Minh City. Air Premia describes itself as a hybrid airline, offering a higher level of service while maintaining a lower cost. The service will operate five times a week, departing on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number YP651 will take off from Seoul’s Incheon International Airport at 18:40 and will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 23:00. The return leg, flight number YP652, will leave Ho Chi Minh at 00:30 on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and will arrive back in Seoul at 07:40.
The route will be served by a Boeing B787-9 aircraft, and the journey time for the outbound flight will be six hours and twenty minutes; the return will be fifty minutes faster.
Picture: Ho Chi Minh City skyline at night via Wikimedia Commons
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