Vietnam Airlines has increased its daily non-stop service between Heathrow Airport in London and Vietnam, adding a new Thursday flight to Hanoi to its existing six flights per week schedule.

Offering three flights per week to Ho Chi Minh City and four flights to Hanoi, Vietnam Airlines’ increased service follows the successful launch of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, which features 28 flat-bed seats in business class, 35 standard seats with seven inches recline in premium economy and 221 standard seats in economy, on all UK routes and new livery, corporate identity and brand image in September 2015.

Vietnam Airlines offers the UK’s only non-stop flights to Vietnam, operating from Heathrow Terminal 4. The flights are scheduled to offer convenient overnight journeys in both directions, and excellent onward connections via its comprehensive network of over 40 destinations in Asia, including 23 within Vietnam and Indochina as well as China, Japan and Taiwan. Flight VN54 departs from Heathrow at 14:45 and arrives in Hanoi at 08:15 the next day, while flight VN55 leaves Hanoi at 01:20 and arrives in Heathrow at 07:40. www.vietnamairlines.com