Category: Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia has signalled it intends to maintain services to Samoa after its Virgin Samoa joint-venture with the Samoan government is wound up in November. The airline has applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) for 880 seats of capacity a week between Australia and Samoa. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Alliance Airlines chief executive Lee Schofield says he expects almost all passengers on its regular public transport (RPT) operations to regional Queensland due to start on July 17 to come via its partnership with Virgin Australia. It was announced in May Alliance would offer RPT flights from Brisbane to Bundaberg, Gladstone and Port Macquarie from

Virgin Australia flight VA87 has taken off from Melbourne bound for Hong Kong, marking the start of what chief executive John Borghetti describes as the airline’s Asian expansion. The flight, operated by Airbus A330-200 VH-XFD, pushed back from the gate at about 0940 Wednesday morning, taking off on Runway 34 just after 1000 with Borghetti,

Virgin Australia has reaffirmed expectations of an improved financial showing and positive free cash flow for the 2016/17 financial year. The airline group provided the updated earnings guidance in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Monday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading