Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has effectively stopped selling tickets for individual domestic flights since August 1, 2026, with its website showing “no flights found” on major routes such as Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi, Hanoi-Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang.

The airline’s fleet, which once numbered 44 aircraft, has shrunk to just three, and according to Airways Magazine, only one of those three is currently in active use.

The sole active aircraft, an Airbus A321-200 registered VN-A227, is being used to operate a handful of charter flights, including a route between Da Nang International Airport (DAD) and Macau International Airport (MFM) under a travel company contract. Flight QH9588 departed Da Nang for Macau at 12:30 local time on August 1, 2026, with another round-trip charter scheduled for August 20, followed by a final Da Nang-to-Hanoi rotation on August 22, after which charter operations on that route are set to stop entirely. Beyond that date, the airline has not announced an operating schedule.

The airline has apologised to affected passengers and confirmed that ticket refunds will be issued. Under its current policy, tickets bought directly through its website, app, or offices may be refunded as an eVoucher within 7 to 14 business days, while cash refund requests submitted by email could take up to 90 business days once all required documents are received. Passengers who booked through third-party agents have been told to contact those agents directly, with several agents reporting they hold tens of billions of Vietnamese dong in deposits without clear guidance on handling.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Bamboo operated 725 flights in June 2026, of which 241, or roughly 33%, were delayed, placing it among the worst-performing domestic carriers for on-time performance that month. The airline was founded in 2017, launched its first flight on January 16, 2019, and at its peak operated 44 aircraft serving 20 domestic and 18 international destinations, including Melbourne, Sydney, Frankfurt, London Gatwick Airport (LGW) (LHR) , and London Heathrow Airport. All international routes have since been terminated, with its difficulties tracing back to the 2022 collapse of parent company FLC Group and the imprisonment of its founder, Trinh Van Quyet, on fraud charges.