Vietnam Air Services Company


Vietnam Air Services Company is an airline in Vietnam headquartered in Tân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City. Operating scheduled flights from its base at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in the south of the country, VASCO is a fully owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines. It also conducts charter flights, medical evacuations, SAR operations, oil platforms flights, and other aviation services.
VASCO was established by government directive in 1987, and was originally a part of Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier. It began scheduled passenger flights independently of Vietnam Airlines in 2004, and approval has been given for it to be partially privatized. It has been reported that Vietnam Airlines wishes to use VASCO as a basis for a low-cost carrier, established in conjunction with foreign partners.

Destinations

As of 2019, VASCO currently flies to ten destinations in Vietnam.
;Current destinations
;Former destinations
As of April 2019, VASCO fleet consists of the following aircraft :

AircraftTotalOrderPassengersNotes
ATR-72-5006076Transferred from Vietnam Airlines

Restructuring and rebranding

It is believed that Vietnam Airlines, VASCO's parent company, wants to change the airline into a low-cost model, therefore changing VASCO's operational name to Viet Air. It is also believed that the airline would be serving domestic flights within Vietnam to destinations that are low-yielding as well as competing head on with Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air. Vietnam Airlines would add more aircraft to VASCO's fleet if the plans are materialized.
In April, 2016, Vietnam Airlines announced the establishment of the new VNĐ300 billion airline in the previous month, based on the restructuring of its subsidiary, VASCO, to a new brand: SkyViet.