Australia's major carriers Jetstar, Regional Express, Qantas and Virgin Australia have pledged to support farmers battling the drought.
Virgin Australia has appeared to lay the groundwork for its wholly-owned subsidiary Tigerair Australia unit to potentially resume international operations.
Virgin Australia has raised the proposed codeshare agreement between Air New Zealand and Qantas with Australia's competition watchdog, chief executive John Borghetti says.
Virgin Australia says it will codeshare on Singapore Airlines' (SIA) Melbourne-Wellington service as part of efforts to boost its trans-Tasman network.
Newcastle Airport will have international flights for the first time in 16 years from November 2018 when Virgin Australia commences a seasonal service to New Zealand. The airline plans to fly between Newcastle and Auckland three times a week with Boeing 737-800s, with the inaugural flight to take off on November 22 2018. The seasonal
Virgin Australia will provide the only nonstop link between Western Australia and Tasmania from September when it commences Perth-Hobart flights. The three times weekly service with Boeing 737-800s will start on September 17 2018 and run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Virgin Australia general manager for network, revenue and alliances Russell Shaw launched the new
