In case you suppose Australian airways have gotten much less dependable, you are proper.
Virtually 1 / 4 of all home flights in February arrived or departed late, in accordance with the most recent month-to-month report from the federal authorities’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Analysis Economics (BITRE).
That compares to simply 16.4 per cent arriving and 17.3 per cent departing late in February 2023 and is considerably larger than the long-term common.

4 per cent of home flights in February have been cancelled — 0.4 per cent greater than the identical time final yr and virtually double the long-term common of two.2 per cent.

The perfect (and worst) performing airways

Bonza was the best-performing airline, with greater than (81.7 per cent) of its flights each arriving and leaving on time in February, in accordance with BITRE’s report.
Jetstar got here in second for on-time arrivals (76.1 per cent), adopted by QantasLink (74.5 per cent).

Passengers travelling with Virgin Australia Regional Airways have been most definitely to land later than anticipated, with solely 69.2 per cent of their flights arriving on time.

Bonza had the best proportion of flights arriving on time in February. Supply: SBS Information

When it got here to on-time departures, Rex Airways (76.3 per cent) got here second, carefully adopted by Skytrans, which companies Cape York and the Torres Strait in Far North Queensland, at 76.1 per cent.

Virgin Australia Regional Airways was once more the worst performing, with simply 65.6 per cent of its flights taking off on time.

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Bonza had the best proportion of flights departing on time in February. Supply: SBS Information

Qantaslink recorded the best proportion of cancellations (6.8 per cent) throughout February, adopted by Skytrans (4.9 per cent), and Qantas (4.3 per cent).

Rex Airways had the fewest cancellations (2.1 per cent), adopted by Bonza (2.5 per cent), and Jetstar (2.6 per cent).

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QantasLink had the best proportion of cancelled flights in February. Supply: SBS Information

Most (and least) dependable airports

Three-quarters of all flights (75.6 per cent) to Hobart and Canberra arrived on time throughout February, making them essentially the most dependable capital metropolis airports land in.
Adelaide (73.6 per cent) Brisbane (73.4 per cent) and Syndey (71.6 per cent) rounded out the highest 5.

Melbourne was the least dependable capital metropolis airport to fly into with simply 68.6 per cent of flights arriving on time, adopted by Darwin (69.2 per cent) and Perth (69.6 per cent).

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Canberra and Hobart airports had the equal highest proportion of on-time arrivals in February. Supply: SBS Information

When it got here to departures, Adelaide was essentially the most dependable capital metropolis airport, with 76.1 per cent of flights taking off on time throughout February.

It was carefully adopted by Brisbane (76 per cent) and Canberra (75.3 per cent).

Darwin and Hobart have been the least dependable, with simply 71.7 per cent of flights out of each airports leaving on time.

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Adelaide airport had the best proportion of on-time departures in February. Supply: SBS Information

Probably the most (and least) dependable routes

Folks flying between Adelaide and the Gold Coast have been extra prone to arrive (89.7 per cent) and depart on time (91.4 per cent) than these on the 58 different routes.
These travelling between Melbourne and Darwin have been extra prone to be delayed, with lower than half (44.4 per cent) of the flights on that route arriving on time.
Flights on the Mildura-Melbourne route took off late virtually as ceaselessly as they left on time (53.2 per cent).

Industrial motion in Western Australia led to important flight cancellations throughout February, affecting round one in 4 journeys between Perth and Broome, and virtually one in 5 between Perth and Darwin.

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