Newcastle Airport will have an international flight for at least the next three years after Virgin Australia agreed to maintain its seasonal nonstop service to Auckland that operated over the recent summer holiday period.
The minority shareholder in Virgin Australia's Velocity frequent flyer program plans to offload its 35 per cent stake that it purchased in 2014.
This story from the Australian Aviation archives is an August 2017 feature about Virgin Australia starting Hong Kong flights in July 2017.
Australia's competition watchdog has given Virgin Australia the go-ahead to establish a deeper partnership with Virgin Atlantic.
Virgin Australia says Qantas has provided no new evidence to justify a re-assessment of its proposed codeshare with Cathay Pacific on Australia-Hong Kong routes.
Virgin Australia says it trial of a sustainable aviation fuel at Brisbane Airport has racked up one million kilometres since it began in August 2018.
