Sun PhuQuoc Airways Lands First Moscow to Phu Quoc Flight

A new Vietnamese airline just flew its longest kind of route for the first time, and it filled the plane. Sun Phu Quoc Airways operated its first direct flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow to Phu Quoc Island on November 14, 2026, according to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Moscow. All seats on the aircraft were occupied. For the carrier, the Moscow route is its first destination in Europe and one of the longest routes in its network.

The hardware is a widebody, not a narrowbody stretched to its limit. The flight is operated by an Airbus A330 with a capacity of 247 passengers, in three cabin classes: Economy, Premium Economy and Business. The flying time explains the choice. Moscow to Phu Quoc takes 9 hours and 45 minutes, and the return takes 10 hours and 55 minutes, a block time that puts the route firmly in long-haul territory.

The winter schedule is already set, and it steps up. The airline will operate four flights a week this winter, with the frequency expected to rise to six flights a week from 2027, continuing through the end of March 2027. That's a winter-sun program with an end date printed on it: the route is built for the cold-season market, and its schedule runs to the end of March rather than open-endedly.

The commercial structure behind the route is a tour operator. Travel company Anex is Sun Phu Quoc Airways' main agent in Russia, and Anex said the direct route would open new opportunities for tourists to enjoy premium holidays, with plans to enhance its Anex Priority benefits program in Phu Quoc. A full first flight on a leisure route usually reads as packaged demand, and the Anex arrangement is the mechanism that packages it.

The ticket carries island perks, which tells you who's being sold to. Passengers get free tickets to the Sun World Hon Thom amusement park, including a cable car ride and a visit to the Kiss Bridge, discounts through the "One Ticket, A Million Joys" program, and a free eSIM with 5 GB of data valid for 24 hours after activation. The bundle is a holiday, not a commute: park entry and a data SIM land with the boarding pass.

Moscow isn't Phu Quoc's only Russian link, and the island's Russian market is broader than one capital. Eleven Russian cities already have air links to Phu Quoc, including Kazan, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Ufa and Irkutsk. What Moscow adds is the biggest catchment of them all, served nonstop by the island's own new carrier rather than by a visiting airline.

The route is operating. Sun Phu Quoc Airways is in the Russian market for the first time, flying a 247-seat A330 four times a week through the winter, with six a week planned from 2027 to the end of March. Whether the frequency step-up holds is the March question; the first flight, at least, went out full.