Vietnamese airlines' on-time performance hits 95.4%

NDO/VNA – Vietnamese airlines’ on-time performance (OTP) from December 19, 2020, to January 18, 2021, reached 95.4%, a year-on-year rise of 9.7 percentage points, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Budget carrier Vietjet Air recorded the highest rate increase at 13%, hitting 94.2%.
During the period, Vietnamese airlines conducted a total of 19,507 flights, up 35.3% against the previous month and down 39.4% from the same period last year.

Vietnamese airlines’ on-time performance hits 95.4% (Photo: VNA).

Specifically, 7,290 flights were operated by Vietnam Airlines; 6,457 flights by Vietjet Air; 3,711 flights by Bamboo Airways; 1,447 flights by Pacific Airlines; and 602 flights by Vasco.
CAAV attributed the postponement and cancellation of flights to factors such as weather, technical problems, and services at airports.
Aviation experts have said that the Vietnamese aviation industry’s performance is a bright spot as the COVID-19 pandemic has been seriously affecting the world’s aviation sector.
According to OAG, a global travel data provider headquartered in the UK, the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route is ranked second among the world’s busiest routes with 1.02 million passengers, just behind the Jeju-Seoul Gimpo route of the Republic of Korea.
Ensuring the safety of flights, passengers, airport staff and crew members is the top priority of the airlines.

(Source: NDO)