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With demand plunging in the low season, budget carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines stopped flying on the Hanoi-Nha Trang route with effect from September 5, newswire VnExpress reported.
An analyst said Jetstar has a policy of not flying on certain sectors during the lean season and resuming in the high season. For instance, it stopped operations on the Hanoi-Danang route twice before resuming when demand revived.
But the carrier has not announced when it will start flying on the Hanoi-Nha Trang sector again.
The analyst said Vietnam Airlines, which has an 80 percent market share, has been cutting fares on many domestic routes and Jetstar Pacific is having a hard time competing with it.
In June 2009 Jetstar stopped flying between Hanoi and Can Tho just six months after it began the service. It has yet to resume flights on the sector.
Currently it flies from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Danang, Hue, Vinh, and Hai Phong.
The airline plans to add 15 Airbus A320 aircraft to its six-strong fleet in 2015 and begin flying on new routes.
