Category: Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia will end its thrice weekly services from Brisbane to Hamilton, New Zealand, citing a lack of demand. The airline said its last flight on the route would be on October 27. Virgin began flying to Hamilton in 2009. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

Virgin Australia is reconsidering a policy barring men from sitting next to unaccompanied children after taking a weekend-long media battering over the issue. The policy came to light after the Brisbane Times reported that a Sydney firefighter was asked to change seats because he was sitting between two boys aged eight and ten. The firefighter,

Passengers who need exhaustive pampering now have their choice of Australian airlines, with Virgin opening its first ultra-exclusive, invitation-only lounge at Sydney Airport, the Australian Business Traveller website has reported. Dubbed ‘The Club,’ the secretive lounge will vie against Qantas’s hush-hush Chairman’s Club for the patronage of politicos, CEOs and A-list celebrities. Virgin has not

Virgin Australia and Skywest Airlines have named Flight Training Adelaide as the preferred training provider for their new cadet pilot program. The first 56-week training course is scheduled to begin in December. Following graduation, cadets will work as first officers on Virgin’s Skywest-operated ATR turboprop fleet for three years or 1,500 hours before transitioning to