Just 65 per cent of Virgin’s flights arrived on time in October, according to government data, slipping behind the Qantas group’s 74 per cent and Regional Express’s 68 per cent.
Sydney Airport boss Geoff Culbert has issued a plea to airlines to increase their international capacity while government data shows the industry’s domestic performance remains below pre-COVID-19 levels.
But Culbert, Sydney Airport’s chief executive, is focused on increasing the number of international flights. He said the lack of seat capacity into and out of Australia was “constraining growth”, revealing the total passenger traffic in October remained 25.5 per cent lower than the same period in 2019.
About 900,000 international passengers passed through Sydney Airport in October, down 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 2019. Sydney Airport’s domestic passenger traffic totalled 2,044,000 over the month, down 20 per cent on the corresponding period in 2019.Just 65 per cent of Virgin’s domestic flights arrived on time in October, according to the government data, slipping behind the Qantas group’s 74 per cent and Regional Express’s 68 per cent.
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