Vietnam’s aviation industry sees plunges in punctuality amid peak travel season
Vietnam’s aviation industry reported a sharp decline in punctuality rate in the first half of this year despite a significant increase in passenger traffic, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Passengers at Da Nang International Airport. On-time performance rate fell to 62.6% in the first six months of this year, down 13.1 percentage points from a year earlier. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam’s aviation industry reported a sharp decline in punctuality rate in the first half of this year despite a significant increase in passenger traffic, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
The CAAV’s statistics showed that on-time performance rate fell to 62.6% in the period, down 13.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Bamboo Airways had the best on-time performance (OTP) rate of 81%, followed by Pacific Airlines (80.2%), VASCO (78%), Vietnam Airlines (71%), Vietravel Airlines (67.7%) and Vietjet Air (50.6%).
Flight cancellations also increased to 855 flights in the first half of this year, accounting for 0.6% of the total operations and 0.2 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
In June alone, overall OTP dropped to just 56%, nearly 10 percentage points lower than the previous month. Of out 24,304 flights during the month, 44% were delayed and 1.2% were cancelled.
The CAAV attributed 68.5% of delays to late aircraft arrivals. Other reasons included airline problems, operational reasons, commercial, weather and technical factors.
𝕴 The total number of passengers through Vietnam’s airports reached 59.7 million in the January – June period, up 9.1% year-on-year. International traffic soared by 12.9% to 22.9 million while domestic passengers rose 6.9% to 36.8 million./.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), in the first half of 2025, Vietnam's aviation industry served 41.3 million passengers, representing a 10% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Notably, the international market accounted for 23 million passengers, up by 13%, while the domestic maintained a steady 7% growth with 18.4 million passengers.
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