Airport Tips & Quick Reference Guide to Melbourne Tullamarine Airport

VA696 Virgin Australia - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Virgin Australia flight VA696, which currently operates between the airports of Perth - Perth Airport (Airport Code PER) and Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Wednesday, April 08, 2026.

VA696 On Time performance:
n/a
It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions.

Flight Status

VA696 Virgin Australia from Perth

En Route - On-time
Delay: 9 minutes
Flight Status for Wednesday April 08, 2026

Airline information

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia
Equipment: Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

Departure

Perth (PER)
April 08, 2026
Perth Airport
Departed at:
14:45
Terminal:
1
Gate:
47A
Scheduled Departure Time: 14:20

Arrival

Melbourne (MEL)
April 08, 2026
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport
Estimated Arrival Time:
20:04
Terminal:
3
Gate:
8
Scheduled Arrival Time: 19:55
Baggage: 1
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- MK8972 - Air Mauritius

- QR8538 - Qatar Airways

- SA7265 - South African Airways

- SQ6355 - Singapore Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight VA696?
The flight VA696 is scheduled to flight on Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight VA696?
The distance between the two airports is 2702 kilometers.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Perth: 2026-04-08 17:21:13
Current Time in Melbourne: 2026-04-08 19:21:13

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Perth and Melbourne:

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ971. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ973. (On Time performance: 83 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ975. (On Time performance: 78 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF760. (On Time performance: 67 - Average Delay: 27 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF762. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 0 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF764. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF766. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF768. (On Time performance: 94 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF770. (On Time performance: 92 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF772. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF774. (On Time performance: 78 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF776. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 0 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF780. (On Time performance: 94 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF782. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)

Virgin Australia
- Flight Number: VA676. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA678. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA680. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA682. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA686. (On Time performance: 79 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA688. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 0 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA690. (On Time performance: 66 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA692. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA698. (On Time performance: 91 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA700. (On Time performance: 77 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA702. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA708. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 0 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA710. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions.

Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from April 07, 2025 to March 17, 2026. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights VA696

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Sunday
05 April
14:15
Perth (PER)
19:35
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 20min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
17 March
14:05
Perth (PER)
20:27
Melbourne (MEL)
04h 22min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed