Cancelled
1.2%
of scheduled domestic flights
Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia Group · Australian domestic and international services · records from Jan 2004
vs national
-0.76pp
national average 2.0%
On time
78.7%
departures
Flights
140,288
scheduled, 12 months
Punctuality: 12 months to Aug 2026
Domestic cancellations over time
Punctuality to Aug 2026
Routes it flies
51 routes in the 12 months to Aug 2026, 20 busiest shown. Click any column heading to sort ⇅
| Route | Flights | Cancelled | On time | Flight numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne ↔ Sydney | 17,742 | 3.4% | 80.1% | 66 |
| Brisbane ↔ Sydney | 10,947 | 1.5% | 78.4% | 36 |
| Brisbane ↔ Melbourne | 10,059 | 0.9% | 78.7% | 34 |
| Gold Coast ↔ Sydney | 7,267 | 0.6% | 75.1% | 22 |
| Adelaide ↔ Melbourne | 6,110 | 1.0% | 76.3% | 21 |
| Gold Coast ↔ Melbourne | 6,014 | 0.3% | 72.2% | 17 |
| Canberra ↔ Sydney | 5,981 | 3.6% | 85.7% | 20 |
| Melbourne ↔ Perth | 5,616 | 0.8% | 76.9% | 20 |
| Perth ↔ Sydney | 4,300 | 0.9% | 78.2% | 14 |
| Adelaide ↔ Sydney | 4,294 | 1.9% | 76.5% | 16 |
| Brisbane ↔ Rockhampton | 3,640 | 0.4% | 79.4% | 10 |
| Brisbane ↔ Cairns | 3,420 | 0.1% | 79.6% | 12 |
| Brisbane ↔ Townsville | 3,270 | 0.9% | 85.3% | 10 |
| Brisbane ↔ Mackay | 3,139 | 0.8% | 83.8% | 12 |
| Hobart ↔ Melbourne | 3,022 | 0.1% | 76.2% | 10 |
| Brisbane ↔ Perth | 2,998 | 0.2% | 71.9% | 10 |
| Canberra ↔ Melbourne | 2,940 | 0.4% | 81.1% | 11 |
| Adelaide ↔ Brisbane | 2,922 | 1.2% | 83.9% | 10 |
| Brisbane ↔ Canberra | 2,402 | 0.5% | 84.1% | 9 |
| Kalgoorlie ↔ Perth | 2,223 | 2.3% | 79.9% | 12 |
12 months to Aug 2026
International passengers over time
International traffic to Jun 2026
International history milestones
Passenger milestones use complete calendar years only; a missing month stays missing and the partial current year cannot set the historical peak. Current breadth uses the global passenger window 2025-07 to 2026-06. Recorded destinations are passenger-record entities, not necessarily nonstop current services.
First positive record
Jan 2004
first month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2019
2,854,332 passengers
Latest complete year
2025
1,565,004 passengers
Recorded destinations ever
14
positive passenger record; not necessarily nonstop
Destinations in latest 12 months
6
positive in global latest 12 months; not necessarily nonstop
Routes it flies
17 routes in the 12 months to Jun 2026, by flights operated.
| Route | Flights | Non-stop | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne ↔ Denpasar | 1,289 | Yes | Jun 2009 |
| Brisbane ↔ Queenstown | 919 | Yes | Jun 2010 |
| Brisbane ↔ Nadi | 827 | Yes | Sep 2004 |
| Sydney ↔ Queenstown | 783 | Yes | Sep 2009 |
| Brisbane ↔ Denpasar | 726 | Yes | Nov 2008 |
| Sydney ↔ Denpasar | 691 | Yes | Jun 2009 |
| Brisbane ↔ Port Vila | 672 | Yes | Sep 2004 |
| Melbourne ↔ Queenstown | 610 | Yes | Oct 2018 |
| Sydney ↔ Nadi | 594 | Yes | Jun 2005 |
| Gold Coast ↔ Denpasar | 570 | Yes | Mar 2023 |
| Sydney ↔ Doha | 516 | Yes | Jun 2025 |
| Perth ↔ Doha | 479 | Yes | Jun 2025 |
| Brisbane ↔ Doha | 475 | Yes | Jun 2025 |
| Melbourne ↔ Nadi | 366 | Yes | Sep 2004 |
| Melbourne ↔ Doha | 209 | Yes | Dec 2025 |
| Brisbane ↔ Apia | 207 | Yes | Nov 2017 |
| Canberra ↔ Denpasar | 8 | Yes | Jun 2026 |
Flights: 12 months to Jun 2026
Flight counts, not passengers. Route-level records begin in Mar 2004 — the passenger history below goes back further but is grouped by destination rather than by city.
Routes it no longer flies
Showing the 20 busiest of 40.
Passengers by destination
Click any column heading to sort ⇅
| Destination | Passengers, 12 months | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 512,349 | 30% | Nov 2008 |
| Qatar | 460,164 | 27% | Jun 2025 |
| New Zealand | 352,309 | 21% | Jan 2004 |
| Fiji | 269,958 | 16% | Sep 2004 |
| Vanuatu | 88,743 | 5% | Sep 2004 |
| Western Samoa | 23,738 | 1% | Nov 2017 |
12 months to Jun 2026
Destinations it no longer serves
Carried passengers at some point since 1985, none in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Punctuality is not published for international flights, so there is no on-time or cancellation figure here for Virgin Australia's services to and from Australia — only for domestic flights, and only where an airline operates them.
Others in Virgin Australia Group
Reported separately in the source data, and they do not perform alike — which is why this site keeps them apart.