Israeli airline Arkia announced on Tuesday that it will launch the first non-stop service from Tel Aviv to Vietnam this winter and resume flights to Thailand.

The inroad by Israel’s second-largest carrier to the Far East comes months after successfully launching direct flights to New York earlier this year and represents a further international expansion for the airline.

Arkia will offer a weekly flight to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi starting in January, which will become biweekly in March, while it will operate twice weekly flights to the Thai capital of Bangkok starting in November, Arkia Director General Oz Berlowitz said.

Fares to Bangkok will start at $499 one way in Economy, while the flight to Vietnam will begin at $699 each way. Business class will also be offered on both

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