Virgin Australia accomplished greater than 99 per cent of flights final month, with its regional arm once more not cancelling any flights in any respect.
Australia’s second largest airline group cancelled simply 0.8 per cent of flights in December 2025 in line with new BITRE knowledge, in comparison with 2.4 per cent of Qantas red-tail providers and 1.9 per cent of Jetstar flights. In complete, 1.9 per cent of all flights had been cancelled for the month.
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The figures got here after a turbulent December for the business as an entire, together with air visitors management shortages at Sydney Airport and storms alongside the jap seaboard.
Throughout all collaborating airways, 73.8 per cent of flights arrived on time and 74.5 per cent departed on time, beneath long-term averages of 80.5 per cent and 81.6 per cent respectively, although cancellations beat the long-term common of two.2 per cent.
In accordance with Virgin Australia’s basic supervisor, Built-in Operations Centre, Danny Norman, the outcome capped off a “report 12 months” of over 22 million passenger actions with a median completion fee of 98.3 per cent throughout scheduled home flights.
“This robust efficiency was delivered throughout Virgin Australia’s busiest December on report, and our busiest 12 months total,” he mentioned.
“We additionally improved our departure on‑time efficiency for scheduled home flights in December in comparison with the earlier month and stay targeted on persevering with to elevate it additional.
“These outcomes are because of the dedication of our unimaginable crew, who work tirelessly to get our company the place they should go safely and on time.”
Qantas and QantasLink continued to guide Virgin Australia and VARA in on-time efficiency, with 76.2 per cent on-time arrivals and 77.3 per cent on-time departures in comparison with Virgin’s 73.4 per cent and 74.3 per cent respectively.
The Flying Kangaroo says it has now been probably the most on-time main home airline in Australia for the final seven months in a row, and has been persevering with initiatives to enhance reliability.
“There’s been a variety of effort behind the scenes to ensure extra flights depart on time and clients at the moment are seeing the distinction once they fly with us,” a spokesperson mentioned.
“We helped get tens of hundreds extra clients away on time in December in comparison with final 12 months, which makes an actual distinction throughout one among our busiest journey intervals.”
On-time arrivals (per cent)
All airways – 73.8
Qantas and QantasLink – 76.2
Virgin Australia and VARA – 73.4
Hinterland – 85.3
QantasLink – 76.8
Qantas – 75.2
Virgin Australia – 73.5
Rex – 72.4
SmartLynx Australia (previously Skytrans) – 69.0
Jetstar – 68.3
Virgin Australia Regional Airways – 58.0
On-time departures (per cent)
All airways – 74.5
Qantas and QantasLink – 77.3
Virgin Australia and VARA – 74.3
Hinterland – 89.8
Qantas – 78.5
QantasLink – 76.6
Rex – 75.6
Virgin Australia – 74.5
SmartLynx Australia (previously Skytrans) – 69.0
Jetstar – 66.2
Virgin Australia Regional Airways – 57.3
Cancellations (per cent)
All airways – 1.9
Qantas and QantasLink – 2.4
Virgin Australia and VARA – 0.8
QantasLink – 3.0
Rex – 2.3
Jetstar – 1.9
SmartLynx Australia (previously Skytrans) – 1.8
Hinterland – 1.7
Qantas – 1.4
Virgin Australia – 0.9
Virgin Australia Regional Airways – 0.0
