In October, the number of passengers via 22 airports in Vietnam reached 7.2 million, a sharp decrease compared to September and the same period in 2019.
According to statistics from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, the number of passengers passing through airports in October (from September 19 to October 18) reached 7.2 million, a decrease of 11.6% compared to September and a decrease of 23.3% in compared to October 2019 (when there was no Covid-19 epidemic).
Of these, international visitors reached 1.3 million, a decrease of 1.4% compared to September and a decrease of 61.8% compared to October 2019. Domestic visitors reached 5.8 million visitors, a decrease of 13.6 % compared to September and a decrease of 0.8% compared to October 2019.
Flight volume for Vietnamese airlines also fell sharply in October. In October, a total of 3.5 million passengers were served by Vietnamese airlines, a decrease of 11.7%. compared to September and decreased by almost 20% compared to October 2019.
With domestic tourists reaching 2.9 million, a decrease of 13.6% compared to September and a decrease of 0.8% compared to October 2019. International visitors reached 614 thousand visitors, a decrease of 1.2% compared to by September and a decrease of 59.1% compared to October 2019.
In October, VietJet Air is the airline with the most flights, with 9,688 flights. However, this number is 21.3% lower than in September. In second place is Vietnam Airlines with 8,726 flights (down from 12.6% in September) and Bamboo Airways (4,371 flights – down 9.6%).
This is the second consecutive month that the passenger traffic volume of Vietnamese airlines has declined. Previously, domestic airlines serving passengers in September fell by 13% from August.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam assesses the decline in passenger traffic as normal as the air cargo market entered a low period. The low season at the end of the year can last until the end of December and only increase again during the peak of transport during the Lunar New Year.
The number of flying passengers can only recover during the Tet peak season
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also show that domestic airlines operated 25,037 flights in the period from September 19 to October 18, a decrease of 17.6% compared to the previous month, including 23,314 on-time take-offs, taking into account taking on time performance (OTP) of 93.1%, up 2.5 points from the previous month.
The number of delayed flights was 1,723, representing 6.9%, a decrease of 2.5 points from the previous month. The total number of canceled flights was 112 flights, accounting for 0.45%, an increase of 0.3 point compared to the previous month.
In which Vietravel has the highest delay rate of 10% with 44 flights out of 440 flights made in October. The airline with the highest number of delayed flights is VietJet Air (719 flights), with a score of 7.4%. Vietnam Airlines is as usual the airline with the largest flight delays with 590 flights, a rate of 6.8%.
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