National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will receive new Airbus A320neo and Boeing 787-10 planes in July, the airline has announced.

The international aviation market has fully recovered and slightly surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels, Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang said at the Ministry of Transport’s mid-year conference on July 3.

While the number of international air travelers in Vietnam reached over 21 million, marking an increase of over 44%, domestic air travel dropped to 17 million passengers in H1/2024, a decline of over 19% compared to the same period last year.

An EVA Air Boeing 777, flight number EVA396, collided with an airport light pole while taxiing to the runway at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of July 3, causing damage to one of its wings.

The VN Civil Aviation Authority has issued a directive urging airlines to actively search for and add more aircraft to replace those suspended due to engine recalls, and to increase capacity on key tourist routes, including those to and from Can Tho.

To save money, many travelers have booked tickets for flights at night. But they have regretted their decision because they ended up paying more for hotel rooms and food while waiting for flights.

Despite the increase in the frequency of night flights, tourists and travel agencies are not opting for this option due to the limited availability of services at their destinations during nighttime.

Pacific Airlines is set to take off again on domestic routes starting June 26, after more than three months without operational aircraft.

Pacific Airlines will resume the operation of domestic flights on June 26 with a plane transferred by its parent company Vietnam Airlines Group, according to Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper.

The Southern Air Traffic Management Company has temporarily suspended the air traffic controllers involved in a near-collision incident between two planes on June 19 and is currently verifying the incident.

Faced with a shortage of aircraft, a Vietnamese airline has turned its attention to the C919 aircraft line, researched and manufactured by China.

At the annual general meeting of shareholders on June 21, Vietnam Airlines announced consolidated revenue in 2023 of over 93 trillion VND.

VN aviation safety index was reported at 77 per cent by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), well above the global average of 68 per cent, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

There is no legal basis at the moment to consider proposals related to raising the foreign ownership ratio in aviation transport businesses to 49% of the charter capital, said the government agency.

Despite the peak summer travel season, many flights remain half-empty due to skyrocketing airfares and tightened spending.

Instead of booking tickets for morning departure and afternoon return to fit check-in/out hours at hotels, many passengers have to leave "at the first gleam of daylight" and return at night to be able to enjoy low airfares.

Effective Implementation (EI) score in the safety assurance of the Vietnamese aviation industry reached 77.1 percent, an increase of 11.54 percent compared to the assessment results in 2016.

The average price for economy class tickets on several domestic routes has surged by up to 25 per cent year-on-year.

Many airlines are operating with fewer aircraft than last year coming into the peak summer period as fleets have been reduced to service debt.

Airlines are striving to recover financially after experiencing significant losses during the pandemic.