Melburnian1
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April 2019 had Easter, whereas April 2018 did not, but nonetheless, the BITRE has recorded a slight dip in domestic airline punctuality on the measured routes that have two or more competitor airlines flying.
Overall in April 2019, a high 17.4 per cent of flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving at destination, up 0.6 percentage points compared to April 2019.
While cancellations as a whole rose from 1.2 to 1.5 per cent, these were far higher on some routes, with Melbourne to Sydney northbound seeing a huge 6.6 per cent of flights getting the chop by Qantas. VA had a smaller cancellations percentage, at 3.4 per cent for this northbound major sector.
16.3 pee cent of VA's "mainline" flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving, compared to QF that had 17.5 per cent of "late" flights. So VA was a winner here.
28.7 per cent of TT flights were at least 15 minutes late arriving, not a great performance to put it mildly. This LCC continues to be a drag on VA. If the airline business was rational, VA might close TT, or perhaps as Bagpuss suggested, rename it Scoot subject to agreement with VA part owner SQ.
TT and QF had 2.6 and 2.3 per cent of all scheduled flights cancelled during April 2019 while VA only had 1.2 per cent. If many of the QF cancellations were when it timetables flights every 15 minutes (MEL - SYD or v.v.) during weekday peak periods, not so bad (as AFFer pauly7 previously reminded us) but if at other times, less than impressive.
Overall in April 2019, a high 17.4 per cent of flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving at destination, up 0.6 percentage points compared to April 2019.
While cancellations as a whole rose from 1.2 to 1.5 per cent, these were far higher on some routes, with Melbourne to Sydney northbound seeing a huge 6.6 per cent of flights getting the chop by Qantas. VA had a smaller cancellations percentage, at 3.4 per cent for this northbound major sector.
16.3 pee cent of VA's "mainline" flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving, compared to QF that had 17.5 per cent of "late" flights. So VA was a winner here.
28.7 per cent of TT flights were at least 15 minutes late arriving, not a great performance to put it mildly. This LCC continues to be a drag on VA. If the airline business was rational, VA might close TT, or perhaps as Bagpuss suggested, rename it Scoot subject to agreement with VA part owner SQ.
TT and QF had 2.6 and 2.3 per cent of all scheduled flights cancelled during April 2019 while VA only had 1.2 per cent. If many of the QF cancellations were when it timetables flights every 15 minutes (MEL - SYD or v.v.) during weekday peak periods, not so bad (as AFFer pauly7 previously reminded us) but if at other times, less than impressive.
