Rate of flight delay, cancellation at 12.1% in August
The number of delayed and cancelled flights of the four domestic carriers - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco - was 2,788, accounting for 12.1% of their total flights in August, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
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The rate for the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, was 11.7% with 1,389 out of a total of 11,823.
Jetstar Pacfic reported 275 cancelled and delayed flights out of its total 2,507, or 11 percent, while VASCO’s rate of delay and cancellation flights was 2.3%, with 25 out of its total 1,072 flights in the month.
According to CAAV, late return of planes was the main cause of the delays and cancellations, causing 70% of the cases.
Faults on the side of the airlines themselves were to be blamed for 25.4% of the flights that were not on time.
Other reasons for delays and cancellations include airports’ limited infrastructure and services, flight management and operation, weather and technical issues, CAAV said.
