AFF Review: Vietjet Air A330 Economy Class (MEL-SGN)

[AFF Editor]

Vietjet Air A330 Economy Class Review (Melbourne-Ho Chi Minh City) is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/vietjet-air-a330-economy-review/

You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

 

[Scarlett]

Sounds suitably horrible.

Once the schedule matures it’ll be interesting to see who they are mainly targeting with these services to Aus. If I was to guess it’d be the Vietnamese market rather than Australians.

 

[Ade]

Vietjet Air A330 Economy Class Review (Melbourne-Ho Chi Minh City) is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/vietjet-air-a330-economy-review/

You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

I have not flown VJ yet, but a lot of my mates (single & with families) have and they hated it. Everyone that I know is attracted to VJ because of the pricing, especially, to India. When other carriers are charging $1700 return (approx), VJ was charging $800 (that includes baggage) for the same city pair. No wonder people beeline to VJ, but surely after one of two trips most people's experience sour and they don't go back.

And do people listen when you pass on the information about VJ ?? Nope! some are better left to experience bad things for themselves

 

[dajop]

Not something I am keen to try, 3-3-3 in an A330 is a real turn-off. Happy to fly VJ for short hops within Vietnam though. Have done them from CXR to DAD and they were fine.

With the overnight flight you took, as a result I note they are the only of the four carriers operating the route that offer a day flight from SGN to MEL, so that might be a plus for some.

 

[WilsonM]

If I was to guess it’d be the Vietnamese market rather than Australians.

Based on the other passengers it was mostly Vietnamese travellers, although there were a few younger travellers (solos and couples). My guess is those two markets are their target markets - people going home, or people who loathe spending a dime more on a flight than necessary. And whoever wants Business Class but doesn't want to spend Business Class money, and they stumble across VJ.

And do people listen when you pass on the information about VJ ??

What I've noticed a lot is that the only other reviews online are of either the SkyBoss Business, or the SkyBoss Economy, which are both really expensive and not what the majority of people are flying VietJet for ($200 flights!). Most of these pieces are by people who flew as guests, so I can't really blame people for thinking VJ aren't so bad.

Luckily for everyone else, I suffered so that they don't have to...??

 

[Mr H]

While I haven't flown VJ, I have flown on this cabin configuration in Y with Air Asia. The seats are tight - noticeably more so than with other airlines - but you cope. However, I did specifically pick daytime flights with Air Asia. As a non-sleeper on planes, I will happily do daytime flights with transit points overnight in a hotel. The Air Asia flights were also shorter - AVV-KUL but another couple of hours on a daytime flight would have made little difference. The Air Asia pax were a mix of Australians of European heritage and people of Asian heritage. Generally it seemed to be more leisure than business. I guess VJ would be trying to appeal to the same group of people - price sensitive leisure or F&F pax who might as well transit in Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh as anywhere else.

 

[Chicken]

Sounds suitably horrible.

Once the schedule matures it’ll be interesting to see who they are mainly targeting with these services to Aus.

Also the Vietnamese Australians who are on much lower income e.g. people who live in Canley Vale or Cabramatta. They would be happy to put up with bad service in order to not having to pay Vietnam Air prices.