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Ministry urges minimising flight delays during Tet

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho urged the aviation industry and relevant state bodies to take steps to minimize flight delays and cancellations during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Ministry urges minimising flight delays during Tet ảnh 1Ministry urges for minimizing flight delays during Tet. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – DeputyMinister of Transport Le Dinh Tho urged the aviation industry and relevantstate bodies to take steps to minimize flight delays and cancellations during theTet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

According to Bui Minh Dang, deputyhead of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam’s transport division, theaviation industry saw a significant growth of around 19-20 percent in 2017. Itserved about 62 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 19 percent from2016.

In 2017, the average On-timePerformance (OTP) of airlines was estimated at 87.7 percent, higher than theglobal average of 75-79 percent, said Dang. Most of delays and cancellationshave occurred due to severe weather like storms or mist or during publicholidays.

Most of Jetstar Pacific’s delays werecaused by technical problems, said the airline’s Deputy Director Nguyen TuanAnh. “Once a technical issue is found, we cannot risk your safety to fly ontime,” he explained.

Aviation safety and security must begiven the highest priority, Deputy Minister Tho reiterated. The second is toimprove service quality and the last is profit and business performance, hecontinued.

Service quality of the aviationindustry has been significantly improved this year with the reduced number offlight delays and cancellations but there were a number of delays andcancellations caused by the airlines, he noted.

He urged for a joint effort ofairlines and relevant state bodies, including Vietnam Air Traffic ManagementCorporation, Airports Corporation of Vietnam and Civil Aviation Authority ofVietnam, to solve the problems.-VNA
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