Australian airline punctuality
Compare on-time arrivals across reporting domestic airline groups for the same month.
Airlines serve different route mixes and these statistics cover eligible reported routes, not every flight. Punctuality does not measure airline safety or overall service quality. Grouped Qantas and Virgin services include their regional operations; individual subsidiaries are not double-counted.
The comparison, in colour.
Bar height shows the magnitude of arrivals on time; exact values are listed below.
Every position. Every number.
| Rank | Reporting airline group | Arrivals on time ↓ |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | HinterlandCancellations 0.0%; scheduled sectors 1,632. | 95.2% |
| 02 | Qantas - all QF designated servicesCancellations 1.4%; scheduled sectors 19,489. | 82.5% |
| 03 | Rex AirlinesCancellations 1.1%; scheduled sectors 4,378. | 77.7% |
| 04 | Virgin Australia - all VA designated servicesCancellations 1.6%; scheduled sectors 11,882. | 74.2% |
| 05 | JetstarCancellations 0.8%; scheduled sectors 8,188. | 73.8% |
| 06 | Skytrans AustraliaCancellations 3.3%; scheduled sectors 337. | 69.6% |
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BITRE monthly summary, reporting-airline group rows before the All Airlines total. Rank by arrival-on-time percentage; cancellation percentages and scheduled-sector counts are retained alongside each row. Based on Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (2026), Domestic airline on time performance [statistical report], under CC BY 4.0.
BITRE monthly on-time performance ↗ · CC BY 4.0. Presented by RankMondo with source attribution; no provider endorsement.
Source publication: 2026-10-22. Snapshot first observed 2026-11-07T14:09:44+00:00. Source-check schedule: monthly; publisher cadence: Monthly. Checking again does not change the observation period.