Melburnian1
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The March 2017 monthly BITRE domestic airline punctuality report briefly mentions the adverse effect Cyclone Debbie had on timekeeping. Given that the major airlines operate a network and planes are not in every case restricted to a particular state or single route, this cyclone and associated weather was one of the factors affecting punctuality, which was poor in March 2017:
https://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/BITRE_OTP_Report_March_2017.pdf
A standout is the extremely poor timekeeping in both directions for all airlines on MEL - SYD - MEL, by far Australia's busiest air route.
BNE - SYD - BNE and northbound MEL - BNE were similarly unimpressive. These are the number 2 and 3 patronised domestic air routes.
It's even worse when one considers that flights are only counted as 'late' once they reach more than 15 minutes late.
How different this would be if passengers had the choice of fast, reliable and properly operated high speed rail that in many nations overseas operates successfully in far more severe weather than we typically experience in southeastern Australia. Even the USA's government-owned Amtrak can operate its Acela trains (a long way short of the fastest worldwide) in very poor weather with railway infrastructure that needs a lot more money spent on it to bring it up to the 21st century standards seen in some other nations.
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https://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/BITRE_OTP_Report_March_2017.pdf
A standout is the extremely poor timekeeping in both directions for all airlines on MEL - SYD - MEL, by far Australia's busiest air route.
BNE - SYD - BNE and northbound MEL - BNE were similarly unimpressive. These are the number 2 and 3 patronised domestic air routes.
It's even worse when one considers that flights are only counted as 'late' once they reach more than 15 minutes late.
How different this would be if passengers had the choice of fast, reliable and properly operated high speed rail that in many nations overseas operates successfully in far more severe weather than we typically experience in southeastern Australia. Even the USA's government-owned Amtrak can operate its Acela trains (a long way short of the fastest worldwide) in very poor weather with railway infrastructure that needs a lot more money spent on it to bring it up to the 21st century standards seen in some other nations.
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