Vietnam Airlines ranks among top 5 most punctual airlines in the Asia-Pacific region

Vietnam Airlines has just entered the top 5 airlines with the highest on-time performance rates in the Asia-Pacific region for April. This result was evaluated and announced by Cirium.

According to Cirium’s announcement, Vietnam Airlines achieved an on-time landing rate of 81.85%. This rate was measured by Cirium based on data from 11,108 flights of Vietnam Airlines.

A representative of Vietnam Airlines stated that this is a very impressive result given that April is a peak holiday period with the April 30th – May 1st holidays, leading to a surge in passenger numbers and constant pressure on airport infrastructure. Vietnam Airlines also faced challenges such as a reduced number of operational aircraft and a shortage of spare planes due to global recalls for engine inspections by the manufacturer.

With this result, Vietnam Airlines joins the top 5 group alongside leading global airlines including Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Peach Aviation (all from Japan), and Air Asia (Malaysia).

Cirium is a reputable aviation data analysis company headquartered in London, UK, and a strategic partner of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Cirium’s report ranks flights based on on-time landings, defined as flights that land and taxi to the airport gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

Previously, Cirium also ranked Vietnam Airlines 9th among the top 10 airlines in the Asia-Pacific region, with an on-time flight rate of 77.5%. All Nippon Airways ranked first with an on-time rate of nearly 83%, followed by Japan Airlines and Thai Air Asia.

According to data from the Civil Aviation Authority, in the first four months of the year, Vietnamese airlines operated more than 87,000 flights.

Of the flights operated by Vietnamese airlines, nearly 21,000 flights were delayed, accounting for over 24%. This is relatively high compared to the average annual delay rate of 15.5% in 2023.

Specifically, Vietnam Airlines had 16.4% delayed flights, VietJet Air had 33.1%, Pacific Airlines had 34.2%, VASCO had 16.5%, Bamboo Airways had 18.4%, and Vietravel Airlines had 13.8% delayed flights out of their total operated flights.

In the four months, more than 66,000 flights took off on time, accounting for nearly 76%. Among these, Vietravel Airlines had the highest on-time departure rate at 86.2%.