Vietnam Airlines achieves on-time flight rate surpassing the entire industry
Vietnam Airlines achieved a high on-time performance (OTP) rate of approximately 82% in 11 months of 2024. This result is significantly higher than the average of 73.7% of the entire Vietnamese aviation industry.
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| For the impact of bad weather, Vietnam Airlines Group always has a response scenario for possible situations. |
According to statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, in the period from January to November 2024, Vietnam Airlines operated 98,985 flights, of which the number of flights taking off on time was 80,944, reaching a rate of 81.8%. VASCO, a member airline of Vietnam Airlines, also achieved an impressive on-time flight index of 86%.
This is a remarkable achievement when in the past 11 months, Vietnam Airlines has faced great pressures such as a sharp increase in the number of flights during the peak season of Tet and Summer 2024, unusual weather developments, aviation infrastructure problems and a shortage of aircraft due to global engine recalls by manufacturers...
The high on-time performance also reflects Vietnam Airlines' continuous efforts to optimize operational processes and provide excellent service quality to passengers.
Accordingly, Vietnam Airlines has promoted cooperation with major aircraft manufacturing corporations in the world to quickly receive more Airbus A320neo and Boeing 787 aircraft. This helps the airline expand its fleet, increase its transportation capacity and contribute significantly to maintaining a high on-time performance index.
At the same time, Vietnam Airlines has optimized aircraft maintenance by focusing on daily technical inspections and limiting aircraft stops on operating days except in mandatory cases to ensure aircraft operating time.
Following the direction of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines pays special attention to adjusting aircraft operating times, reducing turnaround times for connecting flights, optimizing aircraft operating times during the day, and increasing flights in the afternoon and evening.
In response to the impact of bad weather, the airline always has a response scenario for possible situations. Specifically, Vietnam Airlines proactively adjusts schedules at airports affected by unusual weather developments to limit waiting and diverting flights. The airline also strictly implements notification when flights change schedules via email, text messages, phone calls, website and fanpage to customers.
With these efforts, Vietnam Airlines has been ranked as one of the five most punctual airlines in the Asia- Pacific region by Cirium, an aviation data analytics company and strategic partner of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), along with Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Peach Aviation (all Japanese airlines) and Air Asia (Malaysia). In 2023, Vietnam Airlines was also recognized by Cirium as one of the ten most punctual airlines in Asia- Pacific .
In the coming time, Vietnam Airlines will continue to optimize operations and exploitation, focusing on applying modern technologies to maintain and improve punctuality index, thereby bringing the best experience to passengers and affirming the position of Vietnam's aviation industry in the international market.
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