Vietnamese airlines have been taking various measures in the face of a fleet contraction triggered by the manufacturer’s engine recall, including adding and replacing aircraft.
With summer vacation approaching and travel demand surging, Vietnamese airlines are ramping up capacity, particularly on popular routes connecting to tourist destinations.
There is no legal basis at the moment to consider proposals related to raising the foreign ownership ratio in aviation transport businesses to 49% of the charter capital, said the government agency.
Many airlines are operating with fewer aircraft than last year coming into the peak summer period as fleets have been reduced to service debt.
Vietnamese airlines have worked hard to implement the net zero emission targets by using new generation aircraft in their operation, which are more environmentally friendly thanks to advanced technologies.
Vietnamese airlines are expected to operate 9,000 flights on domestic routes to meet the travel demand during the upcoming National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).
The fleets of some Vietnamese airlines are likely to shrink in 2024 and 2025, thus subsequently affecting their transportation capacity on domestic and international routes, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
VOV.VN - Dinh Viet Thang, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), has just issued a Directive on compliance and implementation of Alert Service Bulletine for PW1100 engines on the Airbus A321 NEO fleet that is being operated by Vietnam Airlines and VietJet Air.
VOV.VN - According to details given by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), Vietnamese airlines have added an additional 472 flights with more than 92,000 seats on routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to destinations with high reservation rates to meet the increasing travel demand during the lunar New Year (Tet).
The on-time performance (OTP) rate of Vietnamese airlines reached 85% in the first nine months of this year, lower than the 87.8% rate in the same period last year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.