The first passengers on the flight set foot in Đà Nẵng on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo

ĐÀ NẴNG — Flight MH748 of Malaysia Airlines, carrying 160 passengers from Kuala Lumpur, landed at Đà Nẵng International Airport on December 24, marking its first flight on the Kuala Lumpur - Đà Nẵng route.

The new route, which operates with a frequency of seven flights per week, will help raise the total number of flights between Việt Nam’s central city of Đà Nẵng and Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur to 28 per week.

Tán Văn Vương, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Tourism, said Malaysia always ranks in the top 10 sources of international travellers to Đà Nẵng.

Last month, Đà Nẵng City's leaders paid a working trip to Malaysia and met with Malaysia Airlines to promote the central city's tourism and the Kula Lumpur-Đà Nẵng route, he noted.

Vương went on to say that the city’s tourism industry will continue to coordinate with Malaysia Airlines to organise Famtrip, Presstrip, and KOLs delegations to experience Đà Nẵng tourism and support communication activities to promote the Việt Nam’s central city to Malaysian tourists.

According to the official, with its extensive flight network across Asia, Europe, and Oceania, covering nearly 1,000 destinations in over 170 countries and territories, Malaysia Airlines is expected to serve as a bridge to help Đà Nẵng expand its tourism market to attractive destinations worldwide. — VNS