Sydney airport ranked among world’s worst as delays persist: ‘Chaos doesn’t come close’

Queues snaked outside the domestic terminal on Monday as Sydney airport was hit by flight cancellations and delays. Photograph: Ben Fisher

Sydney airport has been named among the world’s worst airports for flight cancellations and delays in the past two months.

Data compiled by the flight tracking and data platform FlightAware ranked Sydney sixth-worst for flight cancellations, with 5.9% of flights cancelled, and ninth-worst for delays, with 34.2% of flights affected.