Many airlines' on-time performance drops, flight cancellation rates increase

VTV.vn - According to preliminary statistics of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, in 10 months, the domestic aviation industry operated 231,239 flights, an increase of 19,365 flights compared to 10 months of 2024.

Of these, there were 150,088 on-time flights corresponding to an OTP rate of 64.9%, down 9.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

Regarding airlines, there are 2 airlines recording an on-time rate of over 80%: VASCO with 82.5% of flights on time (down 3.5 percentage points compared to the same period in 2024) and Bamboo Airways with 82.3% of flights on time (down 1 percentage point compared to the same period).

Pacific Airlines recorded an on-time performance increase of 5.4 percentage points compared to the same period in 2024, with 78.9% of flights on time in the first 10 months of 2025.

The remaining airlines are Vietravel Airlines with 70.8% on-time flights (down 10.6 percentage points year-on-year), Vietnam Airlines with 70% (down 12.6 percentage points year-on-year) and Vietjet Air with 55.9% on-time flights (down 7.4 percentage points year-on-year).

Regarding the cancellation rate, in the 10 months from the beginning of 2025, the domestic aviation industry had 1,528 canceled flights, equivalent to a rate of 0.7%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

Of which, Bamboo Airways is the airline that canceled 19 flights, equivalent to 0.1% (same as the same period in 2024). Vietjet Air canceled 577 flights, equivalent to 0.6% (up 0.4 percentage points compared to the same period).

Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines both recorded a cancellation rate of 0.8%, equivalent to 773 and 47 flight cancellations in the first 10 months of 2025.

VASCO canceled 64 flights, equivalent to 1.1% (up 0.8 percentage points over the same period), while Vietravel Airlines canceled 48 flights, equivalent to 1.3% (up 0.5 percentage points over the same period).

Source: https://vtv.vn/nhieu-hang-hang-khong-giam-diem-dung-gio-ty-le-huy-chuyen-tang-100251118081227458.htm