Ahmedabad-Hanoi flight: Vietnam Airlines starts four weekly non-stops

Vietnam Airlines has started direct flights between Ahmedabad and Hanoi, giving Gujarat its first non-stop air link with Vietnam. The inaugural flight left Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, 3 November 2026. The route will run four times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with Airbus A321 aircraft. Ahmedabad becomes the airline's fifth Indian city after Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Until now, travellers from Gujarat going to Vietnam had to change planes, usually at Mumbai, Delhi or a hub in Southeast Asia. A direct flight from their own city removes a connection and the long wait that often comes with it. That matters for a state with a large travelling business community and a strong habit of family holidays abroad.

For Indian holidaymakers, a direct flight changes the sums of a short trip abroad: fewer hours in transit leave more days at the destination, and a single booking on one airline is simpler than stitching together two tickets. Hanoi is Vietnam's capital and the airline's home base, so passengers who want to go further inside Vietnam can connect there onto the carrier's own domestic network. For Vietnamese visitors, the route opens a direct door to Gujarat, a state they could reach until now only through other Indian cities.

The route also has a business side. Gujarat is one of India's main industrial and trading states, and direct flights make it easier for traders, buyers and company staff on both sides to visit each other. Officials at the launch framed it in exactly those terms. Vietnam's ambassador to India, Trinh Minh Manh, welcomed the route as a step that strengthens connectivity between the two countries, and the airline's country manager for India, Nguyen Trung Hieu, said it reflects the carrier's continued commitment to the Indian market.

The timings fit a pattern seen on many Asian routes: an evening arrival in India and a late-night departure back, which lets the same aircraft return to Hanoi by early morning for the next day's flying.

Peepals calculation: four return flights a week come to about 208 return flights a year (4 × 52 = 208), and the top business-class fare reported is roughly three times the lowest economy fare (Rs 1,00,000 ÷ Rs 33,000 ≈ 3.0). Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Travellers from Ahmedabad and the rest of Gujarat can now book a non-stop trip to Hanoi four days a week, without going through another Indian metro or a foreign hub.

Long-term: If the route fills well, it adds to the case for more direct links between Gujarat and Southeast Asia, and it strengthens Ahmedabad's position as an international airport for western India.

Who is affected: Holidaymakers and families in Gujarat, traders and companies doing business with Vietnam, Vietnamese tourists and pilgrims coming to India, and travel agents in the state who sell Vietnam packages.

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