Nearly 46,000 flights delayed over eight month timeframe

The primary cause of these delays was late aircraft arrivals, accounting for 15.6%, while operational issues from the airlines themselves made up 7.6%.

Data from CAAV reveals that during the first eight months of this year, Vietnamese airlines operated a total of 176,307 flights.

Vietnam Airlines led the sector with 76,008 flights and an on-time rate of 83%. Vietjet Air followed closely with 75,478 flights, while Bamboo Airways operated 9,908 flights, maintaining an 82.6% punctuality rate.

On average, the overall on-time departure rate for all airlines stood at just 74%.

In August alone, Vietnamese airlines operated 22,031 flights, achieving an on-time departure rate of 75.7%. Despite this, 5,345 flights were delayed, representing 24.3% of the total for the month.

As of the end of August, Vietnam's airlines had transported five million passengers, a 3.8% decrease compared to July. International passenger numbers reached 1.5 million, a rise of 2.3%, while domestic passengers totalled 3.4 million, a drop of 6.3% from the previous month.