Lao Airlines to open new route to HCM City

Lao Airlines plans to open a new air-route from Pakse International Airport in the southern province of Champassack to HCMC this October, said Lao Airlines’ marketing manager.
The new route will meet the growing development of Vietnam-Lao trade relations.
The Pakse International Airport currently has a 1,700 metre-runway, which is able to receive the 72-seat-ATR turboprop and the 60-seat-MA turboprop. Apart from its domestic routes, Laos Airlines also operates flights from Pakse to Bangkok.
After being upgraded in September 2010, the airport will have a new 2,400 metre long-runway, large enough to take Boeing 737’s and Airbus 320’s.