Category: Virgin Australia

Eithad Airways chief executive James Hogan says there should be no trouble filling the Airbus A380 when the airline begins flying the double-decker superjumbo to Australia in 2015. In Sydney to officially open Etihad’s premium lounge at Kingsford-Smith airport, Hogan says the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s alliance partners in Europe, as well as the recently finalised

Tourism Australia and Virgin Australia have announced they will expand their marketing partnership to target additional inbound tourism to Australia. Under the new arrangement, the two parties will increase their annual partnership for the 2014/15 financial year to $8 million, twice the amount agreed upon 12 months ago. The new agreement takes the total value

Virgin Australia will reduce its daily return services between Sydney and the Gold Coast from 12 to nine from July, while its Tigerair subsidiary will increase its daily services on the route from two to four. “It starts to build up a good presence and a solid market offering for us up there [on the Gold

A passenger affected by pain medication caused a hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight to Denpasar on April 25 when he allegedly knocked on the flightdeck door thinking it was a lavatory. The pilots of VA41, a 737 with 139 passengers on board flying from Brisbane to the Indonesian resort island, ‘squawked’ the internationally recognised