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Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 business class HO CHI MINH CITY-LONDON

BACKGROUND Vietnam Airlines received its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 2015, and now has 11 in the fleet, along with four Boeing 787-10s. The three-class configuration offers 28 seats in business, 35 in premium economy and 211 in economy. Vietnam Airlines is part of the SkyTeam alliance.

I arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International airport at 2238 for flight VN51 to London at 0005.

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