Vietnam's Vinpearl Air takes off next summer with 6-plane fleet

Vingroup unit to train its own pilots as it chases middle-class-driven growth

20190815 Ho Chi Minh City airport

Crowded skies: Vinpearl enters a market already served by five carriers, including Vietjet and Vietnam Airlines. (Photo by Nozomu Ogawa)

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Vinpearl Air, the airline founded by leading Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, will begin commercial flights next July as the country's sixth carrier.

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