Airlines requested to focus on safety amid aircraft shortage
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested airlines to focus on ensuring safety, as the shortage of available operational planes is forcing carriers to optimise aircraft flying times to meet peak transport demand.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested airlines to focus on ensuring safety, as the shortage of available operational planes is forcing carriers to optimise aircraft flying times to meet peak transport demand.
Vietnam is facing a serious shortage of planes due to the recall by Pratt & Whitney for their PW1100 engine on Airbus A 321 Neo aircraft.
Airlines are being forced to optimise aircraft maintenance plans as well as prepare spare parts, equipment and tools for aircraft repair so that aircrafts can operate most efficiently, but also safely.
At the beginning of May, Vietnam had a total of 199 planes, 32 fewer than in 2023. Of them, 165-170 were air-ready, 40-45 fewer than the average in 2023./.
Airplane engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (PW)’s recalling of a number of A321Neo aircraft operated by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air has caused the domestic aviation industry to face a serious shortage of aircraft, said Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang at a conference held by the Ministry of Transport on April 1.
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).
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