VA7Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → DOH
live · 42m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA7 MelbourneMEL · 17:10 DohaDOH · 23:15

VA7 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Doha (DOH) for the Sat, Oct 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to Doha · off blocks 17:16 · 6 min late
En route

en route from MEL to DOH

En routeVA7 · position estimated
MELMelbourneDOHDoha
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:16 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 10 operations
Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+36+71+107 min
10-11
+10 gate
10-10
+6 gate · +20 arrival
10-09
+20 gate · +16 arrival
10-08
+8 gate · +1 arrival
10-07
+107 gate · +75 arrival
10-06
+42 gate · +33 arrival
10-05
+20 gate · +21 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +20 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
DOHDohaOn-time likelyDOH delay board →
MEL→DOHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL and DOH are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How VA7 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA7 across the MEL and DOH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min late. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 4/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA7 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-11MEL 17:10 17:20 (+10)DOH 23:15
10-10MEL 17:10 17:16 (+6)DOH 23:15 23:35 (+20)
10-09MEL 17:10 17:30 (+20)DOH 23:15 23:31 (+16)
10-08MEL 17:10 17:18 (+8)DOH 23:15 23:16 (+1)
10-07MEL 15:10 16:57 (+107)DOH 21:15 22:30 (+75)
10-06MEL 15:10 15:52 (+42)DOH 21:15 21:48 (+33)
10-05MEL 15:10 15:30 (+20)DOH 21:15 21:36 (+21)
10-04MEL 17:10 17:20 (+10)DOH 23:15 23:13 (−2)
10-03MEL 16:10 16:37 (+27)DOH 23:15 23:26 (+11)
10-02MEL 16:10 16:21 (+11)DOH 23:15 23:06 (−9)
10-01MEL DOH 23:15 23:48 (+33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: A7-BEJ, A7-BEK, A7-BEI, A7-BEO.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and DOH published them.

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