Qantas was probably the most on-time main home airline final yr, in line with annual knowledge launched by BITRE on Friday.
QF-designated flights (Qantas and QantasLink) noticed 77.9 per cent on-time arrivals and 78.8 per cent on-time departures in 2025, in comparison with 76 per cent and 77 per cent respectively for VA flights (Virgin Australia and VARA); nevertheless, Virgin beat Qantas on completion charges for the yr.
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The information comes after Qantas positioned third on the planet for on-time efficiency in 2025 in line with analytics agency OAG, which components in each home and worldwide figures.
Throughout all reporting airways (Hinterland, Jetstar, Qantas, QantasLink, Rex Airways, Skytrans Australia, Virgin Australia and Virgin Australia Regional Airways), 76.9 per cent of flights arrived on time and 77.7 per cent departed on time, with 2.5 per cent cancelled.
This was an enchancment on 2024 in all three metrics (74.6 per cent for on-time arrivals, 75.4 per cent for on-time departures and a couple of.6 per cent for cancellations), however worse than long-term averages of 80.5 per cent on-time arrivals, 81.6 per cent on-time departures and a couple of.2 per cent cancellations.
“We all know how vital getting away on time is for our clients and our groups have been working actually laborious to enhance our punctuality year-on-year,” a Qantas spokesperson informed Australian Aviation, noting that it has been probably the most punctual main home airline for six years operating.
“Whereas we’ve made good progress, we all know there’s extra to do. We’re persevering with to speculate throughout our operations, from engineering to airports and new plane so we will proceed construct on this momentum.”
Virgin Australia had a decrease cancellation price than Qantas at 1.7 per cent in comparison with 3.2 per cent, reflecting its coverage of prioritising flight completion over on-time efficiency.
A Virgin Australia spokesperson stated the outcomes “replicate the dedication of our crew members and our ongoing concentrate on punctuality and strengthening our efficiency throughout our home community for our visitors”.
“We’re happy to have delivered the bottom cancellation price of the key Australian airways in 2025, whereas carrying extra visitors than ever earlier than,” they stated.
“Greater than 21 million visitors travelled throughout Virgin Australia’s home and brief haul worldwide community final yr – the best within the airline’s historical past, surpassing the earlier file set in 2019.
“We all know how vital it’s to get our visitors to their vacation spot on their desired day of journey, and with a mean completion price of 98.3 per cent of scheduled home flights, our outcomes present we’re persistently delivering on that dedication.”
Virgin toppled Qantas in January’s BITRE outcomes after seven months lagging the Flying Kangaroo.
