An airplane of Vietnam Airlines at the Noi Bai Airport (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The number of passengersgoing through Vietnamese airports is estimated to hit 106 million by the end ofthis year, a rise of 12.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil AviationAuthority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Domestic airlines will have carried more than50 million passengers during the year-long period, up 14 percent from theprevious year.
As of mid-November this year, Vietnam’sdomestic carriers reported about 12,410 delayed flights at the Noi BaiInternational Airport, equivalent to 14.13 percent of total flights, accordingto statistics from the Northern Airports Authority (NAA).
The number of cancelled flights was 318, lowerthan last year’s figure.
Low-cost airline Vietjet Air had the highestnumber of delayed and cancelled flights with 5,922 and 51, while the respectivefigures for national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines were 4,045 and 89.
Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific reported 2,155delayed and 15 cancelled flights, and Vasco had 285 and 162, respectively.
Private air carrier Hai Au Aviation recordedthree delayed flights and one cancelled during the period.
The on-time performance index hit 85.87 percent,said the NAA.
Meanwhile, the Southern Airports Authority saidthere were 20,145 delayed and 481 cancelled flights at the Tan Son NhatInternational Airport during the first 10 months of the year.
The number of delayed flights increased 30.3percent against the same period last year.
The late return of planes was the main cause ofdelays and cancellations. Other reasons includeairports’ limited infrastructure and services, flight management and operation,weather, and technical issues.
As many as 68 foreign airlines from 25countries and territories across the five continents are operating regularinternational flights to Vietnam. They, together with three Vietnamese airlines– Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, and Jetstar Pacific – are operating 130regular international routes and charter flights.
On the domestic market, Vietnam Airlines,Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific, and Vietnam Airlines’ affiliate Vasco are running48 routes connecting Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City with 18 localairports. –VNA
Domestic airlines will have carried more than50 million passengers during the year-long period, up 14 percent from theprevious year.
As of mid-November this year, Vietnam’sdomestic carriers reported about 12,410 delayed flights at the Noi BaiInternational Airport, equivalent to 14.13 percent of total flights, accordingto statistics from the Northern Airports Authority (NAA).
The number of cancelled flights was 318, lowerthan last year’s figure.
Low-cost airline Vietjet Air had the highestnumber of delayed and cancelled flights with 5,922 and 51, while the respectivefigures for national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines were 4,045 and 89.
Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific reported 2,155delayed and 15 cancelled flights, and Vasco had 285 and 162, respectively.
Private air carrier Hai Au Aviation recordedthree delayed flights and one cancelled during the period.
The on-time performance index hit 85.87 percent,said the NAA.
Meanwhile, the Southern Airports Authority saidthere were 20,145 delayed and 481 cancelled flights at the Tan Son NhatInternational Airport during the first 10 months of the year.
The number of delayed flights increased 30.3percent against the same period last year.
The late return of planes was the main cause ofdelays and cancellations. Other reasons includeairports’ limited infrastructure and services, flight management and operation,weather, and technical issues.
As many as 68 foreign airlines from 25countries and territories across the five continents are operating regularinternational flights to Vietnam. They, together with three Vietnamese airlines– Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, and Jetstar Pacific – are operating 130regular international routes and charter flights.
On the domestic market, Vietnam Airlines,Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific, and Vietnam Airlines’ affiliate Vasco are running48 routes connecting Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City with 18 localairports. –VNA
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