Category: Virgin Australia

V Australia and Delta Air Lines have signed an agreement to allow reciprocal loyalty points on each others’ services, reciprocal lounge access, and the first codeshare agreement between the carriers. Effective December 15, V Australia and Delta passengers will be able to earn loyalty points on each others’ services, as well as access each others’

Liz Savage has been appointed to the role of chief commercial officer (CCO) for the Virgin Blue Airlines Group. Savage was most recently the managing director for Monarch Flights and Holidays, and prior to that had nearly 10 years with easyJet, and will take on her new role in March. She will be responsible for

V Australia’s first direct service on the Melbourne-Los Angeles departed on December 1, while the airline is also preparing to operate its first service from Melbourne to Phuket on December 3. “We are delighted to welcome V Australia to Melbourne,” Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff said. “Their exciting suite of new services will provide further

Virgin Blue recorded a fall in domestic passenger numbers during October, but capacity cuts saw it record a small increase in load factor. On its domestic services, passenger volumes decreased by 6.5 per cent, while available seat kilometres were down by 5.2 per cent, resulting in a marginal increase in load factor to 84.9 per