Virgin Australia
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Virgin Australia’s 150th 737 is a special one (in terms of livery)
Virgin Australia celebrates its 150th delivered aircraft with a new special livery. The special livery brings back to life a form of the Virgin Blue brand identity and its bright red colour scheme on its brand new 737 MAX 8 registered VH-8VI. This is part of the ongoing fleet renovation which will see 12 737s…
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Virgin Australia Qatar Airways Partnership Ready for Takeoff
A lot happened in Australian aviation in 2024. Long story short competition on the domestic market significantly went down following two carriers having to cease operations. However, something happened that might increase competition on the international flight segment. Qatar Airways invested in Virgin Australia taking ownership of a substantial portion of the airline’s equity in…
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Qatar Airways to Take Over 25% of Virgin Australia, With VA Restarting Long Haul Flights
This is a spicy story. The TLDR is that Qatar Airways is looking to purchase a 25% stake in Australian airline Virgin Australia. Also, the middle eastern carrier has some ambitious plans to bring back Virgin Australia to long-haul services in not that long at all. Now, let’s get into the details what can be…
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New Codeshare Agreement for Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand
The Virgin Australia international route network has suffered a massive downsizing from its heyday. Following 2020 the airline concentrated on domestic flights and operations letting go of its international routes. Latest of a lengthy list of discontinued routes was the quite odd Cairns to Tokyo Haneda service. However, to somehow offer its clients the possibility…
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Virgin Australia Orders New Generation Embraer E190-E2
Despite being a fantastic piece of engineering and a massive leap forward from the prior generation, the Embraer E190-E2 has lacked the much-hoped success. The fact that the aircraft’s take-off weight increased precluded American regional airlines from ordering it. That is a massive blow as US carriers are the largest users of regional aircraft. Therefore,…
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Virgin Australia says Sayonara to Cairns Tokyo Haneda flight VA77
The first question that popped into my mind, and I’m sure yours too, when Virgin Australia announced it would start a Cairns Tokyo flight is: “how is that sustainable?”. Well, long story short, it wasn’t. So much so that the airline announced it will be scrapping the route in early 2025. In this post: When…