Melburnian1
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Timekeeping crashed in September 2019 with almost one in four donestic flights 15 minutes or more late arriving, a shocking deterioration of six percentage points from Sept 2018. Cancellations also rose according to this BITRE report.
Overall cancellations on the MEL - SYD and return route, by far the busiest, rose to a terrible 8.2 to 8.3 per cent depending on travel direction.
On BNE - SYD - BNE, with its lower scheduled frequency compared to the MEL route, cancellations were between 4 and 4.6 per cent depending on direction.
QF cancelled 9.7 per cent of MEL to SYD northbound published timetable. VA had 50 flight no shows (6.8 per cent) while JQ and TT respectively were 25 and 21 (6.6 per cent and 8.5 per cent respectively.)
29.8 per cent of QF northbound MEL to SYD flights were at least 15 minutes late arriving while for VA, the percentage was 32.6 per cent. 37.4 per cent of JQ flights were at least this late arriving while TT trailled with a shocking 43.1 per cent "officially late." In many cases, the delays won't just be a quarter of an hour tardy in arriving at the gate, but half an hour to two hours, and more rarely up to six or seven hours late if a plane fails and there's no immediate replacement available.
Southbound from SYD to MEL, 33.7 per cent of QF's flights were at least 15 late arriving at gate, while for VA the percentage was 36.6 per cent. JQ was 28.5 per cent while TT was a terrible 46.4 per cent. Southbound, QF cancelled 103 flights or 9.4 per cent of what it advertises through its timetable. VA had a 6.7 per cent cancellation rate (49 flights) while JQ/TT had 28/21 (respectively 7.3 and 8.6 per cent.)
Businessmen and women are often 'short of time.' Sometimes the delay from a cancellation may be only 15 minutes at peak periods, but that's a best case scenario and in most examples any delay will be far longer. The effect on individual (and corporate) productivity must be very negative.
A comparison with high speed rail routes overseas puts our airlines in a very bad light on the golden triangle. High speed rail not only offers seamless CBD to CBD travel (with a strategically located outer suburban stop as well) but worldwide has much greater reliability and fewer delays than our golden tiaingle air operators. It's also a far more comfortable onboard travel experience than being crammed into a B738 where even the J seats are suboptimal. But our politicians refuse to grasp the nettle, ensuring Australia falls further behind some of our relatively close neighbours in Asia.
The performance from HBA to MEL and SYD was very poor, with (across all airlines) 39.1 per cent northbound to MEL at least 15 late, and to SYD 35 per cent late. It isn't realistic for time pressed travellers ex Tassie in most cases to use 'Spirit of Tasmania I or II', the ferries DPO to MEL, so our Tasmanian cousins are really suffering. It probably doesn't help that they're at 'the end' of southern routes so many southbound flights to Tassie may have to wait for connectees ex other airports.
44.3 per cent of JQ MEL to ADL westbound flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving.
33.8 per cent of QF MEL - PER flights were similarly delayed.
Underperformance, and as usual not all due to weather:
Overall cancellations on the MEL - SYD and return route, by far the busiest, rose to a terrible 8.2 to 8.3 per cent depending on travel direction.
On BNE - SYD - BNE, with its lower scheduled frequency compared to the MEL route, cancellations were between 4 and 4.6 per cent depending on direction.
QF cancelled 9.7 per cent of MEL to SYD northbound published timetable. VA had 50 flight no shows (6.8 per cent) while JQ and TT respectively were 25 and 21 (6.6 per cent and 8.5 per cent respectively.)
29.8 per cent of QF northbound MEL to SYD flights were at least 15 minutes late arriving while for VA, the percentage was 32.6 per cent. 37.4 per cent of JQ flights were at least this late arriving while TT trailled with a shocking 43.1 per cent "officially late." In many cases, the delays won't just be a quarter of an hour tardy in arriving at the gate, but half an hour to two hours, and more rarely up to six or seven hours late if a plane fails and there's no immediate replacement available.
Southbound from SYD to MEL, 33.7 per cent of QF's flights were at least 15 late arriving at gate, while for VA the percentage was 36.6 per cent. JQ was 28.5 per cent while TT was a terrible 46.4 per cent. Southbound, QF cancelled 103 flights or 9.4 per cent of what it advertises through its timetable. VA had a 6.7 per cent cancellation rate (49 flights) while JQ/TT had 28/21 (respectively 7.3 and 8.6 per cent.)
Businessmen and women are often 'short of time.' Sometimes the delay from a cancellation may be only 15 minutes at peak periods, but that's a best case scenario and in most examples any delay will be far longer. The effect on individual (and corporate) productivity must be very negative.
A comparison with high speed rail routes overseas puts our airlines in a very bad light on the golden triangle. High speed rail not only offers seamless CBD to CBD travel (with a strategically located outer suburban stop as well) but worldwide has much greater reliability and fewer delays than our golden tiaingle air operators. It's also a far more comfortable onboard travel experience than being crammed into a B738 where even the J seats are suboptimal. But our politicians refuse to grasp the nettle, ensuring Australia falls further behind some of our relatively close neighbours in Asia.
The performance from HBA to MEL and SYD was very poor, with (across all airlines) 39.1 per cent northbound to MEL at least 15 late, and to SYD 35 per cent late. It isn't realistic for time pressed travellers ex Tassie in most cases to use 'Spirit of Tasmania I or II', the ferries DPO to MEL, so our Tasmanian cousins are really suffering. It probably doesn't help that they're at 'the end' of southern routes so many southbound flights to Tassie may have to wait for connectees ex other airports.
44.3 per cent of JQ MEL to ADL westbound flights were 15 minutes or more late arriving.
33.8 per cent of QF MEL - PER flights were similarly delayed.
Underperformance, and as usual not all due to weather:
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