Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
Is VA8 delayed?
No, VA8 landed in Melbourne on schedule (2 min behind), at 23:21 on Nov 15 (as of Nov 15, 13:09 UTC).
Usually on time: 16 of its last 22 graded arrivals landed within 15 min of schedule. We say “usually” only from 20 graded arrivals, with two in three or more on one side.
On schedule (2 min behind)
Official source · Updated
Departure
Doha
DOH
Actual
Scheduled 01:50
Nov 15
Arrival
Melbourne
MEL
Actual
Scheduled 23:20
Nov 15
Times shown in airport local time
Service date: · Actual departure date; scheduled departure unavailable (Asia/Qatar)
Flight details
Departure · UTC
- Scheduled
- Estimated
- Not available
- Actual
Arrival · UTC
- Scheduled
- Estimated
- Actual
Also sold as QR8403
Recent arrivals
Dates below are arrival dates in the destination airport’s time zone. The detailed history uses service dates.
- On schedule (2 min behind)
Doha → Melbourne
- 20 min late
Doha → Melbourne
- 30 min late
Doha → Melbourne
- On schedule (13 min behind)
Doha → Melbourne
- On schedule (10 min behind)
Doha → Melbourne
Is VA8 usually late?
Period: Oct 16, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
On time means landing no more than 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival, late more than 15 minutes after, both times read to the minute. The percentages share one base: graded arrivals plus cancelled and diverted flights. A cancelled plan another plan of the flight replaced within 12 hours is not counted. Median and “9 in 10” are interpolated over the graded arrivals. Compares scheduled and actual arrival times, read to the minute. Some flights may be missing.
Departures on record at these airports today
Doha (DOH) departures
- Delayed: took off more than 29 min after schedule (15 min plus the usual 14-min taxi)
- 32 delayed, 0 cancelled of 117 departures on record
Melbourne (MEL) departures
No departures on record due yet today.
Counts cover the departures on record at each airport, not its full schedule.
Related flights
Other flights DOH → MEL
Flight history and details
| Service date | Departure | Arrival | Actual | Arrival delay (minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 2 | |
| Nov 14, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 20 | |
| Nov 13, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 30 | |
| Nov 11, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 13 | |
| Nov 10, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 10 | |
| Nov 9, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 19 | |
| Nov 8, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 18 | |
| Nov 6, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 6 | |
| Nov 5, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -10 | |
| Nov 3, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 10 | |
| Nov 2, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 29 | |
| Oct 31, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -53 | |
| Oct 29, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 23 | |
| Oct 28, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 4 | |
| Oct 27, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -17 | |
| Oct 26, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -20 | |
| Oct 25, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -14 | |
| Oct 24, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -43 | |
| Oct 22, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -22 | |
| Oct 20, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 5 | |
| Oct 18, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | -15 | |
| Oct 17, 2026Arrived | Doha | Melbourne | 5 |