Victor Pody shot this Virgin Australia 737-800 and Qantas 787-9.\n<\/p>\n
Virgin Australia has reclaimed the top spot in on-time performance among major Australian airlines after trailing Qantas Group for seven months.\n<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s second-largest airline group wrested the triple crown away from the Flying Kangaroo in January, according to the latest BITRE data, beating Qantas in on-time arrivals, on-time departures, and completion rates, again cancelling fewer than one in 100 flights last month.\n<\/p>\n
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The Virgin Australia network (Virgin and VARA combined) saw 82 per cent on-time arrivals and 82.5 per cent on-time departures last month, compared to 80.9 per cent and 81.6 per cent respectively for the Qantas network (Qantas and QantasLink). 0.9 per cent of VA flights were cancelled, compared to 2.7 per cent of QF services.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a strong finish to the year in December, our team raised the bar yet again in January,\u201d said Virgin Australia CEO Dave Emerson.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cLeading the major Australian airlines in January with the highest departure on-time performance and the lowest cancellations is a testament to the efforts of our people across the entire operation.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how important it is to get our guests to their destination on their desired day of travel, and with fewer than 1% of scheduled domestic flights cancelled during one of our busiest months, our results show we are consistently delivering on that commitment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n