Qantas August stats show almost three-quarters of its flights depart on time

Melbourne Australia- March 14, 2014: Qantas airplanes wait for departure at Melbourne Airport
Edited by Travel Weekly


Qantas has reported it was the most on-time major domestic airline in August, with almost three-quarters of flights departing on time.

According to the latest government data, 74.7 per cent of Qantas flights (Qantas and QantasLink combined) departed on time last month.

The result was a slight improvement on Qantas’ July performance and nearly three percentage points ahead of its main domestic competitor.

Over the past six months, almost 80 per cent of Qantas’s flights have departed on time which is just below long-term averages.

Qantas cancelled 3.3 per cent of flights in August, slightly less than the previous month, but still higher than long-term averages.

Over 70 per cent of Jetstar flights departed on time in August and flight cancellations for the month dropped to 1.7 per cent.

The national carrier is rolling out several initiatives to improve the aircraft boarding experience for customers and on-time departures.

Group Boarding is in place for most Qantas domestic B737 and A330 services and a further rollout to other aircraft types is being explored. A new Early Boarding initiative on select B737 services is also seeing an improvement in on-time departures for early morning (first wave) flights.

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