Australia’s most cancelled flight revealed

Nearly one-in-10 flights from Melbourne to Sydney have been cancelled in March as Australia’s airline trade continues its sluggish restoration from the pandemic, new figures have revealed

The Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics’ (BITRE) month-to-month aviation efficiency statistics additionally discovered Jetstar to be the least dependable provider, with 7.1 per cent of its providers cancelled.

That was adopted by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines at 5.6 per cent and Qantas at 3.6 per cent.

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The Melbourne-Sydney route had the best variety of cancellations in March, with a complete of 414 cancelled flights between each cities.

“This month’s on time arrivals figure was significantly lower than the long term average performance for all routes (81.5 per cent),” the report states.

“The on time departures figure was also significantly lower than the long term average (82.7 per cent).

“The rate of cancellations (2.5 per cent) was higher than the long term average of 2.1 per cent.”

Canberra remained essentially the most dependable airport, with the report discovering 76.2 per cent of flights over March departed on time.

This was adopted by Darwin, with 72.9 per cent of flights leaving on time, and Brisbane at 72.9 per cent.

But solely 66.5 per cent of flights have been taking off on time at Hobart, adopted by Sydney (69.4 per cent) and Perth (69.8 per cent).

BITRE defines flights as being on-time in the event that they arrive or depart inside quarter-hour after the time proven within the provider’s schedule.

Last Thursday, Sydney Airport reported a complete of three,166,000 passengers passing by means of over March.

That marked an 86.7 per cent enhance on figures from March 2019 – one thing Sydney Airport chief Geoff Culbert mentioned indicated a robust post-Covid restoration from travellers.

“For the first-time since the Australian border reopened to tourists, international passenger numbers have cracked the 80 per cent recovery mark, with many airlines increasing capacity,” he mentioned.

“With China now open for business, and the European and North American summer almost here, we anticipate our international traffic will continue to pick-up in the coming months.”