Vietnam Airlines to raise core capital, buy 50 narrow-body planes
FILE PHOTO: An aircraft of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines taxis at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam December 23, 2020. Picture taken December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File photo
HANOI : Flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has received shareholder approval to increase its charter capital by 9 trillion dong ($347.10 million) for a long-term plan that included new planes purchases, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Thursday.
At an extraordinary meeting, shareholders approved the airline's plan to buy 50 narrow-body planes, which can be either Airbus A320 Neo or Boeing B737-Max, the report said.
($1 = 25,929.0000 dong)
Source: Reuters
