Aircraft Airbus A350XWB of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 2,665flights, or 11.1 percent, were delayed or cancelled in January, a positive signreflecting recent efforts of the aviation industry to improve the flightpunctuality, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Four domestic airlines – VietnamAirlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco – operated a total of 24,094flights during January, including 21,429 on-time ones, or 88.9 percent.
Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), alow-cost airline of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, was the bestperformer in terms of punctuality during the month with 1,145 out of 1,166flights being on time, or 98.2 percent.
Vietnam Airlines came right after with9,657 on-time flights, or 90.4 percent of the total 10,681 flights.
Meanwhile, budget Jetstar Pacific led inflight cancellations and delays with 440 out of 2,976 flights being late orcancelled in January, representing 14.8 percent. It was followed by Vietjet Air,who delayed and cancelled 12.7 percent of flights.
The CAAV said the late return of planescontinued to be the main cause of delays and cancellations. It caused 1,683delayed flights, or 63.2 percent of the delayed and cancelled flights.
Airlines’ faults and weather conditionswere also blamed for delays and cancellations. -VNA
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