Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet Air has signed an order for 100 Boeing 737 Max 200s, making it the second customer to commit to the high-density variant.
The order, valued at around $11.3 billion at list prices, was signed during a visit by US president Barack Obama to Hanoi.
“Our investment in a fleet of [Max 200s] will accommodate our strategy of growing Vietjet’s coming international route network including long haul flights,” says VietJet president and chief executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao.
The jets will be delivered between 2019 and 2023, and will help boost the budget carrier’s fleet to more than 200 aircraft by 2023.
Flightglobal’s Fleets Analyzer shows that VietJet operates a fleet of 28 Airbus A320s and four A321s, while it has a further 85 A320-family aircraft on order – inlcluding 63 re-engined ‘neo’ variants.
Models dancing in bikinis
Vietjet is a start-up airline that has managed to raises its profits through constant innovation which goes as far as having flights with models dancing in bikinis.
The carrier started its flights in 2011 and by 2012 had the idea to have five shapely bikini-clad girls dance on its flights.
Vietnamese Government imposed fines worth 900 million euros in total on the company as penalty for this tactic.
Nevertheless, VietJet this year surpassed even Viet Nam’s national airline in terms of domestic flights.
It currently operates 28 VietJet A320 and A321 Airbus planes.
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