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Qantas Airways the top airline for punctuality in Australia in July
August 24th 2026
Australia-based Qantas Airways had 81.4% of its domestic flights arrive within 15 minutes of their schedules in July, delivering the best on-time performance for the month among the country’s major carriers. Read More » It bettered Virgin Australia (76.3%) and Jetstar Airways at 72.5%, data from Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) records. The best on-time performance for the reported period was recorded by regional carrier, Hinterland, with an on-time arrival rate of 93.1%. Hinterland topped the table for punctual departures at 96.1%. On Australia’s busiest air route by passenger numbers - Melbourne-Sydney - 75.3% of flights arrived in Sydney on-time, while the punctuality rate for flights from Sydney to Melbourne was 72.9%.
