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Virgin Blue’s red, white and blue livery has been consigned to history. The last aircraft to fly in the old Virgin Blue colours, Boeing 737-800 VH-VUL, has entered the Townsville paintshop from which it will emerge in a few weeks bearing the name Virgin Australia in silver-grey print on the side of an all-white fuselage. This content
Virgin Australia has taken the title of the nation’s most punctual airline for a second straight month, new figures show. Virgin’s mainline operations led all the major carriers in December, with 86.9 per cent of its flights pushing back from the gate within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time. This content is available exclusively
Etihad Airways has lifted its stake in Virgin Australia to 24.2 per cent after buying a fresh parcel of shares in the airline for the second time in two months. The Abu Dhabi-headquartered carrier forked out $22.2 million to purchase 45.8 million ordinary shares at 48.4 cents per share in an off-market trade, according to
Virgin Australia says it will lower ticket prices for travel from Australia to the United States in response to the lower cost of fuel. Economy and premium economy fares are being cut by A$40, while business class fares are dropping by A$50, Virgin said on Thursday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Australia’s local airlines cut the number of domestic seats for a fifth straight month in November as capacity discipline remains the order of the day amid soft passenger numbers and sluggish demand for air travel, new figures show. A Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report says the number of available seats for
The second of only two Boeing 737-700s now in the Virgin Australia fleet, VH-VBZ, has been repainted. The aircraft, first delivered to Virgin Blue in 2005 and named Maliblue, emerged from the Flying Colours paintshop at Townsville Airport on Friday evening wearings its new Virgin Australia colours and bearing the new name Cronulla Beach. This
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