Vietnam Airlines cancels flights as Typhoon Bavi disrupts operations
VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines has cancelled and rescheduled several flights to Taiwan (China) on July 10-11 as Typhoon Bavi is sweeping across the island, disrupting aviation operations.
According to the airline, the cancelled services include flight VN578 from Hanoi to Taipei and flight VN579 from Taipei to Hanoi on July 10, as well as flight VN570 from Ho Chi Minh City to Taipei and flight VN571 on the return route on July 11.
Several services between Vietnam and Kaohsiung have also been rescheduled. Flights VN586 from Hanoi and VN580 from Ho Chi Minh City to Kaohsiung on July 10 will depart one hour earlier than originally planned.
Their return services, VN587 from Kaohsiung to Hanoi and VN581 from Kaohsiung to Ho Chi Minh City, are now scheduled to operate later on July 10 instead of July 11.
The national carrier plans to deploy wide-body Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft on Vietnam-Taipei routes on July 11-12 to increase capacity for affected passengers. Some flights to and from Japan, the Republic of Korea and China may also be disrupted as operating schedules are adjusted.
Passengers are advised to closely monitor weather conditions and flight updates through the airline’s official channels.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, Ba Vi was downgraded on July 10, with winds gusting 150-166kph near its centre.
Ba Vi is forecast to move northwest at around 25 km per hour over the next 24 hours while gradually weakening. It is expected to make landfall between Fujian and Zhejiang provinces late on July 11 or early July 12.
The storm is not forecast to enter the East Sea, but its circulation is expected to bring strong winds and rough seas to waters from central coastal province of Khanh Hoa to the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, as well as the central and southern East Sea, including the Truong Sa special zone.
Ba Vi is the third super typhoon in the northwestern Pacific in 2026. Earlier, Typhoon Maysak made landfall in China’s Guangxi region on July 4 after crossing the Gulf of Tonkin before weakening and dissipating over land.
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