Vietjet CEO, Dinh Viet Phuong (right), and Qazaq Air CEO, Adilbek Umraliyev, exchange the cooperation agreement, witnessed by Vietnam's General Secretary To Lam, Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister Yermek Kosherbayev, and Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son. — Vietjet
HANOI: Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet said on Tuesday (May 6) it had bought a strategic stake in Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air to form a joint venture that will operate a fleet of at least 20 Boeing 737 aircraft.
Vietjet said the joint venture, Vietjet Qazaqstan, was part of its international expansion plans. It didn't provide details about the size of the stake it was buying in Qazaq Air.
