Waiting at Tan Son Nhat Airport

The report revealed a slight increase in delays and cancellations compared to last year.

Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific, Bamboo Airways and Vasco conducted a total of 153,559 flights in the first six months, an increase of 2.4% compared to the same period last year. Vietjet Air had the most flights with 68,821 flights, an increase of 14%, followed by Vietnam Airlines with 53,242 flights, a decrease of 17.1%.

Jetstar Pacific and Vasco had 18,146 and 6,650 flights respectively, both saw a decrease of 1.6% and 4.8%. Bamboo Airways had 6,700 flights.

Overall, the flight on-time performance rate was 84.8%, a 1.3% fall. There were 23,351 delayed flights, accounting for 15.2% of the total flights. The delayed flight rate at Jetstar Pacific was 21.9%. This rate was 18.5% at Vietjet Air, 10.9% at Vietnam Airlines, 7% at Vasco and 6.2% at Bamboo Airways.

According to the CAAV, in 59.4% of the cases, the flights were delayed because the previous flights arrived late. 23.8% were due to the airline and 11.8% were due to ground services and equipment. The remainder were caused by bad weather and other reasons.

Delayed flights are often experienced by low-cost airlines where a late plane has a knock-on effect on schedules.

There were 274 cancelled flights in the first six months, a slight increase of 0.2%. Vasco cancelled 114 flights, Vietjet Air cancelled 110 flights, Vietnam Airlines cancelled 48 flights and Bamboo Airways cancelled two flights.

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