This has backfired on both
Vb and himself severly after
VB's lousy on time figures were made public for one and all to see!
Yes, they are available to see, along with QF, QFLINK (at this stage JQ not listed, as info on
http://www.btre.gov.au/avstats/otp/0404/industry.htm only goes up until April 04), Regional Express and SkyWest.
From the DJ website, OTP figures are as follows:
June '04 90% On time
May '04 93% On Time
Then from the DOTARS website, the following is available up to and including April 04:
APRIL:
Qantas 88.7% Departures on time
Virgin Blue 91.1% Departures on time
Qflink 89.5% Departures on time
MARCH:
Qantas 92.1% Departures on time
Virgin Blue 92.8% Departures on time
Qflink 89.8% Depatures on time
FEBURARY:
Qantas 92.4% Departures on time
Virgin Blue 90.7% Departures on time
Qflink 89.3% Depatures on time
JANUARY:
Qantas 87.3% Departures on time
Virgin Blue 84.4% Depatures on time
Qflink 88.6% Depatures on time
As per the IATA standard, a flight is classified as being on time if it departs within 15 mins of its scheduled departure time.
Excepting January, where all 3 airlines listed did not meet the 90% benchmark, I fail to see any lousy on time performance figures for any airlines
Tunguska... perhaps your mouth could be a little more "on-time" with its comments, rather than trying to get away from the gate a bit too early and therefore unprepared???