Umphathi weflegi waseRussia I-Aeroflot iceba ukuqalisa kwakhona iinqwelomoya ngqo phakathi eMoscow kwaye Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City ukuqala ngoJanuwari 31. Inkonzo iya kuqhuba kabini ngeveki ngoLwesithathu nangeCawa, isebenzisa iindiza ze-Boeing 777 ezinezihlalo ze-368.
Ubude bexesha lokubhabha phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini malunga neeyure ezilithoba kunye nemizuzu eli-15.
Ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, i IGunya lezoPhapho lwaseVietnam ivumele i-Aeroflot ukuba iqalise kwakhona iinkonzo ezithe ngqo, kuquka iinqwelomoya eziya eHanoi, ezanqunyanyiswa ukusukela ngoMatshi wonyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yongquzulwano phakathi kweRussia neUkraine.
I-Vietnam Airlines, ekuphela kwenqwelomoya yaseVietnam esebenza ngeenqwelomoya eziya eRussia, nayo yamisa inkonzo yayo yaseMoscow ngaxeshanye.
Phantse iminyaka emibini, abahambi phakathi kweVietnam kunye neRussia kuye kwafuneka bakhethe i-Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, okanye iinqwelomoya zeTurkish Airlines ezinemigibe kuMbindi Mpuma ngenxa yeenkonzo ezithe ngqo ezimisiweyo. Oku kubangele amaxabiso aphezulu kubakhweli.
Ngaphambi kokuqala kwe-COVID-19 ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, iRussia yabekwa phakathi kwamazwe ali-10 aphezulu athumela abakhenkethi eVietnam.
Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokungabikho kweenqwelo moya ezithe ngqo, abafikayo abavela eRussia behle kakhulu ukuya kuma-97,000 kulo nyaka, eyisinye kwisihlanu samanani angaphambi kwe-COVID, ikakhulu ngabantu abafika ngeenqwelomoya.