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CAAV asked to tackle high rates in flight delays, cancellations
CAAV said late-arriving aircraft was the main cause of delays in addition to other excuses, such as poor management and bad weather.
Airlines must pay for delays
Airlines have paid passengers total compensation of around VND10 billion (US$450,000) since July for delayed flights after the Ministry of Transport issued a circular making such fines mandatory.
Thousands of flights delayed in August
Exactly 2,057 or 13.8 per cent of the14,942 flights to and from Vietnam in August 2014 were delayed, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
