The number of air passengers reached nearly 12 million in July, including over 10.5 million on domestic flights, an increase of 40.3% compared to July 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
Crowds at the Noi Bai international airport, Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The number of air passengers reachednearly 12 million in July, including over 10.5 million on domestic flights, anincrease of 40.3% compared to July 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak, said theCivil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).
Along with a sharp increase in the number of passengers, flightcancellations and delays also increased rapidly, partly due to airlines’ errors.
CAAVsaid flight delays and cancellations in the past month had increaseddramatically many times, causing frustration in public and affecting thequality of aviation services. It attributed the problem to manybottlenecks in the airport infrastructure and unusual weather.
Inthe past month, the proportion of delayed flights accounted for more than 18% ofthe total number of licensed flights or more than 6,000 flights, an increase of16% over the same period last year and equivalent to June.
Duringthe month, 41 flights were cancelled due to technical factors and late flights.In July, the on-time rate of flights was only 81% out of the total of more than33,200 flights./.
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Crowds at the Noi Bai international airport, Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
