Direct flights to Vietnam will be everyday: Jet airways chairman Naresh Goyal

Hanoi, Sep 15: The direct flights to

will be everyday and will be "very profitable", said

chairman Naresh Goyal after the inking of an air services agreement here.

The air services agreement was signed between Jet Airways and Air Vietnam in the presence of visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang.

Goyal said that the air services are going "to be very feasible, it is going to be very profitable".

He said the direct flights will start from Nov 5 and "booking has already started".

A Boeing 737 - 800 will be pressed into service and it "is going to be everyday", said Goyal, who expressed full confidence of it being a success.

President Mukherjee, who is on a four-day state visit to Vietnam that began Sunday, called Naresh Goyal "a giant bridge" between the two countries.

IANS