Category: Virgin Australia

Virgin Blue chooses Rockwell Collins avionics
Airlines

Virgin Blue has chosen Rockwell Collins to provide its suite of avionics for its recent order of up to 100 Boeing 737s. Virgin Blue has selected a suite of Rockwell products for the aircraft, including the SAT-2200 satellite communications system, TTR-2100 air traffic monitoring and warning system, WRT-2100 multiscan threat detection system and GLU-925 multimode

Virgin in $20m blue over IT crash
Airlines

Virgin Blue has announced that the series of computer failures it experienced during late September and early October will have an impact of $15-$20 million on its full-year earnings. The airline announced the figure in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, and added that it “will be actively pursuing all avenues to recover this

Canberra Airport backs Air NZ-Virgin alliance
Airlines

Canberra Airport has made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) calling for it to reconsider its draft ruling which would block the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand. In a letter dated September 24 the airport’s managing director Stephen Byron argues that the proposed alliance would not

Virgin system back on line
Airlines

Virgin Blue has completed the return to its primary check-in and reservations system, with the carrier forced to cancel only 16 flights. The airline’s online and telephone reservations systems were restored on October 6 at 1530 AEST, while its web check, self check-in and Check-mate are in the process of resuming. The two systems were

Virgin files for Etihad codeshare rights
Airlines

Having received interim authorisation for its alliance with Etihad Airways, Virgin Blue has lodged a number of applications with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking to allow the two airlines to implement codeshares on each others’ services. The IASC has received an application from V Australia seeking authority to allow it to codeshare on

Virgin Blue to freeze online check-in
Airlines

Virgin Blue has announced that it will shut its web and kiosk check-in services from October 5-7 as the airline transitions to its primary check-in system following a hardware failure during the previous week. Virgin CEO John Borghetti said in a statement that the initial problem which caused chaos at airports around the country on

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