Noi Bai international airport (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The number of delayed andcancelled flights of the four domestic carriers - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air,Jetstar Pacific and Vasco - was 2,788, accounting for 12.1 percent of theirtotal flights in August, according to theCivil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
Low-cost airline Vietjet had the highest rate of cancelled and delayed flights at14.5 percent, with 1,099 out of the total 7,592 flights it operated during themonth.
The rate for the national flag carrier, VietnamAirlines, was 11.7 percent with 1,389 out of a total of 11,823.
Jetstar Pacfic reported 275 cancelled and delayedflights out of its total 2,507, or 11 percent, while VASCO’s rate of delay andcancellation flights was 2.3 percent, with 25 out of its total 1,072 flights inthe month.
According to CAAV, late return of planes was the maincause of the delays and cancellations, causing 70 percent of the cases.
Faults on the side of the airlines themselves were tobe blamed for 25.4 percent of the flights that were not on time.
Other reasons for delays and cancellations includeairports’ limited infrastructure and services, flight management and operation,weather and technical issues, CAAV said.-VNA
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