Pacific Airlines become Jetstar Pacific

Jetstar Airlines have moved into the rapidly expanding Vietnam tourism market by re-launching there as Jetstar Pacific, removing the Pacific Airlines name from the airline they set up in Vietnam to complete with Vietnam Airlines.

Jetstar Pacific have big plans for the airline to become a leader in the Asia region, “From 2008, Jetstar Pacific will expand its network with more domestic and international flights into South East Asia. In six coming years, our fleet will grow up to 30 Airbus aircrafts. In 2014 Jetstar Pacific’s network will cover most countries in Asia.”

From now, visitors to jetstar.com will be able to book domestic flights in Vietnam as well as the few international services offered.  Future expansion is expected soon.

It will be very interesting to see how Jetstar Pacific can catch up to the regional budget leader. Air Asia.  In a climate of rising fuel costs budget airlines are under pressure to keep fares low.  Having another budget airline in the region will certainly increase that pressure.