Vietjet’s hot air balloon and bikini girls land in America

(Albuquerque, October 7, 2017) - Well-known for its tours and performances around the globe, Vietjet’s beautiful-and-young-flight-attendant featured hot air balloon now brings its bikini girls to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2017 in the United States, the largest balloon festival in the world.

The 46th fiesta, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from October 7 to October 15, 2017, attracts more than 550 balloons and nearly 1,000 pilots worldwide. This year's event also features more than 94 unique balloon designs from 22 countries including the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, etc.

Vietjet’s balloon, which is 25 meters high and 18 meters wide, can cover a large distance and reach a maximum height of nearly 1,000 meters. It will be showcased to visitors from the 7th to 9th of October, 2017.

Especially, models featuring Vietjet’s famous bikinis will also arrive in the United States to turn up the heat at the festival for the first time ever. Festival visitors will have the opportunity to watch the Vietjet balloon lift into the panoramic sky view of Albuquerque while meeting the airline’s friendly bikini clad models.

Launched in 2016, Vietjet balloon has participated in a series of major festivals in Vietnam and around the world. At the 2016 Hue Festival, the Vietjet balloon was the only representative of Vietnam to participate in the 2016 International Hot Air Balloon Festival with balloons from eight other countries, including UK, Netherlands, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines.

In August of the same year, the balloon made its first overseas appearance at Taiwan's largest hot air balloon festival, Luye Gaotai, in Taitung City. Vietjet balloon continues to be the only representative from Vietnam to participate in the ninth "My Balloon Fiesta" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with 18 participants from 11 different countries in March 2017. After the United States, the Vietjet balloon will travel to its next destination in Japan in November 2017.

First held in 1972, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is an annual festival of hot air balloons that takes place every October in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. This year’s theme is Inflate your imagination through countless colors and shapes and endless possibilities of fun and exploration.