Category: Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia may be on track to announce a $50 million first half loss, but the parlous state of Australia’s airline system has not discouraged Etihad Airways from seeking to increase its stake in Virgin Australia Holdings. “Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has applied for regulatory approval to increase its

Virgin Australia has announced it will add an additional four flights per week between Bundaberg and Brisbane and an extra eight flights per week between Moranbah and Brisbane. An airline statement says the new services will be operated by 68-seat ATR-72 turboprops. The new services come after a period of several months where the airline

The first locally recruited and trained cabin crew members for Virgin Australia’s Adelaide base graduated on January 20. The 24 graduated have been training and testing for the past seven weeks, and will be part of the 80 new jobs the airline says it has brought to Adelaide since opening its base there. This content

Virgin Australia has appointed 25 year US airline industry veteran Gary Hammes as its new chief operating officer (COO), with effect from February 11. Hammes joins Virgin Australia from World Airways, where he served as chief operating officer. Prior to World Airways he served as senior vice president and chief operating officer of ASTAR Air