iscoverVirgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program has formally launched Australia’s first prepaid travel money card to offer frequent flyer points rewards. In partnership with Visa, the Global Wallet, which is located on one side of the new-look Velocity membership card, enables members to access nine foreign currencies and load money and store it in Australian dollars
From August 15 Virgin Australia will introduce nonstop services between Melbourne and Hamilton Island. The airline will operate 737-800s with eight business class and 168 economy class seats and will become the first airline to offer business class on the route since 2004. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) and Virgin Australia have reached an agreement that supports the development of critical infrastructure at Brisbane Airport. Significantly, the agreement breaks the deadlock between the BAC and airlines over the development on a new parallel runway, and paves the way for a broader strategic relationship between the airport and Virgin Australia.
The battle for WA has intensified further as Virgin Australia moves to operate all its weekday services between Sydney and Perth with A330s and will increase frequency between Perth and Karratha. The introduction of a seventh A330 to the airline’s fleet later this year will see these aircraft operate all Perth-Sydney and Perth-Melbourne weekday services
Air New Zealand says it has reached agreement to acquire a further three per cent shareholding in Virgin Australia, which would take its stake in the Australian number 2 carrier to 22.99 per cent, and says it will consider acquiring another three per cent “to the extent it is permitted to do so under the
Virgin Australia has added Amsterdam to its codeshare agreement with Etihad, as well as Rome with Singapore Airlines and Milan with both Etihad and Singapore Airlines. Customers travelling on Virgin Australia’s network will be able to connect through Abu Dhabi or Singapore on to Milan or Amsterdam on the same ticket, while passengers travelling to
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