Virgin Australia has commenced nonstop flights from Sydney to Hong Kong as part of its ongoing expansion into North Asia. The inaugural flight VA83 took off from Sydney Airport’s Runway 16L a little after 1000 local time on Monday. It was due to land at Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport about nine and
Air New Zealand chief strategy, network and alliances officer Nick Judd says there were signs of a “conscious uncoupling” with Virgin Australia as far back as 2015. In April, the New Zealand flag carrier announced it would not seek to renew the joint-venture partnership that had been in place since 2010 and was due to
Virgin Australia will have just the third chief executive in its near 20-year history by the start of 2020, with current boss John Borghetti announcing his intention to step down some time in the next 18 months. Borghetti has “advised the board he will not renew his contract post 1 January 2020”, Virgin Australia said
The codeshare agreement between Air New Zealand and Qantas is bad for consumers and will have some flow-on consequences on the Tasman, Virgin Australia group executive for airlines Rob Sharp says. On June 1, Air New Zealand and Qantas announced they would codeshare on each other’s domestic networks and offer reciprocal lounge access for eligible
Virgin Australia has officially switched on inflight internet Wi-Fi for customers on its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, declaring itself to be the first Australian airline to offer Wi-Fi on international services. The fifth and last of its 777-300ERs to have the radome and necessary on-board equipment and cabling installed was VH-VPH, with the work completed in
Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFG has made a quick visit to Townsville, operating as VA9001 and carrying equipment and artists for a music festival.
