Major airline’s huge move for travellers
Jetsetters will soon find it much easier to travel around Australia as two airlines team up to expand travel routes.
Virgin Australia
Virgin drops epic $49 flight sale
Australians already daydreaming about their next holiday have been thrown a massive sale, with 500,000 seats available for as low as $49.
Qantas and Virgin’s Bali beef
A fresh fight has erupted between Australia’s major airline groups over hard-to-come-by capacity to Bali.
Loose bolts found on more Boeing Max 9s
Virgin Australia insists it has no concerns about its order for Boeing Max 10s despite issues with other variants of the aircraft type.
Virgin pins trust fix on new planes, luggage tracking
Virgin Australia hopes new aircraft and technology will improve its tarnished reputation ahead of an expected $1bn IPO in 2024.
Virgin ends baggage handler outsourcing, eyes new routes
Fresh from Qantas’ High Court loss, Virgin will no longer outsource baggage handling as it plans to hire more staff and roll out extra international routes.
Airline turbulence: Virgin trails Qantas again
Virgin was the worst performing airline in terms of cancelled flights and late departures for November, rounding out a year with a delayed IPO and union issues.
Airline’s holiday strike crisis avoided
A leading Aussie airline has dodged major holiday delays from impending strike action, after a new pay deal was brokered with staff.
Airline’s holiday strike crisis avoided
A leading Aussie airline has dodged major holiday delays from impending strike action, after a new pay deal was brokered with staff.
Virgin heads off strike action with pay deal for crew
Virgin Australia will offer increased pay and more time off for its cabin crew, heading off threatened industrial action in the lead-up to Christmas.
Freight chief questions ‘unfair’ campaign on workers
Companies openly supporting the voice referendum may not be honouring diversity and inclusion policies, warns one CEO.
ACCC urges Virgin to lift travel credits expiry date
Virgin Australia is under pressure to join Qantas in lifting the expiry date on $120m in Covid-related travel credits beyond December 31.
Albanese stands by his Qatar Airways timeframe
A five-day window has emerged as the timeframe on when the PM became aware of the decision to reject more flights for Qatar Airways.
‘Doesn’t add up’: Albanese flying blind in Qatar storm
The PM reveals he was unaware of the decision to block Qatar Airways from securing more flights to Australia when he held talks three days later with Virgin boss Jayne Hrdlicka.
Bain delays Virgin float plans
Bain Capital is understood to have shelved plans to list Virgin Australia this year, with any initial public offering of the carrier not on the cards until 2024 at the earliest.
Qatar Airways weighing Virgin Australia investment: sources
Virgin Australia was scheduled to list this year, but is having Qatar Airways on board as a strategic shareholder part of the plan?
Virgin reveals mountain of unused travel credits
The airline, led by Jayne Hrdlicka, has revealed the size of its own mountain of unused flight credits due to expire at year’s end.
Virgin to launch baggage tracking feature
Passengers stressed about losing their luggage will be able to track their baggage on domestic flights from Monday.
High-flying mentors: Virgin and Boeing bosses join hands
We all know Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka is a high-flyer, but she is about to take that to a whole new level in a ground-breaking mentoring program with Boeing.
Shots fired in dogfight over Qatar air ban
Rod Sims and Virgin join chorus of concern over the Albanese government’s decision to deny Qatar Airways more flights into the country.
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