The agency said it is a positive sign given that Vietnam’s aviation infrastructure has been overburdened.
CAAV data showed that Bamboo Airways, the newest airline in Vietnam, had the highest OTP at 93.8%, followed by VASCO at 93% and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines at 89.1%.
The two low-cost airlines, Vietjet and Jetstar, recorded the respective on-time performance of 81.5% and 78.1%.
In the first six months of 2019, local carriers operated a total of 153,559 flights, up 2.4% year on year, of which 130,208 were on time, accounting for 84.8% of total flights.
Concerning the ratio of cancellations, VASCO led the pack at 1.7%, followed by Vietjet and Vietnam Airlines at 0.2% and 0.1% respectively.
Bamboo cancelled only two flights in the first half of 2019 while Jetstar record no cancellation during the period.