Virgin Australia
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Founded | 1999 (as Virgin Blue)[2] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 31 August 2000 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Velocity Frequent Flyer | ||||||
Fleet size | 101 | ||||||
Destinations | 52 | ||||||
Company slogan | This is how we fly | ||||||
Parent company | Virgin Australia Holdings | ||||||
Headquarters | Bowen Hills, Brisbane | ||||||
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Revenue | A$4.7 billion (2015)[3] | ||||||
Operating income | A-$49 million (2015)[3] | ||||||
Total assets | A$5.8 billion (2015)[3] | ||||||
Total equity | A$1 billion (2015)[3] | ||||||
Website | virginaustralia |
Virgin Australiais a largeAustralianairline.It started in 2000. From 2000 until 2011, the airline was calledVirgin Blue.[4]Virgin Australia flies as both a full-service airline and a low-cost airline, likeRyanairorSouthwest Airlines.As of 2016, the airline has a fleet of 108 airplanes and flies toAustralia,Fiji,Indonesia,New Zealand,Papua New Guinea,Tonga,theUnited States,theUnited Arab EmiratesandVanuatu.[5]Virgin Australia is Australia's second largest airline.[6]It is the main competitor forJetstar AirwaysandQantas.In 2014, Virgin Australia bought Tigerair Australia.[7]Virgin Australia becamebankruptin 2020 because of theCOVID-19 pandemic[8]and was bought by Bain Capital in June 2020.[9]
Gallery
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A Virgin Australia ATR-72.
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An old Virgin Blue plane in2006
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Virgin Australia owns 5Boeing 777s,just like this one.[10]
References
[change|change source]- ↑"System Changes".Virgin Australia. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2015.Retrieved4 January2013.
- ↑"VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD ACN 090 670 965".connectonline.asic.gov.au.Retrieved18 April2015.
- ↑3.03.13.23.3"Preliminary Final Report 2015"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 18 October 2015.Retrieved20 August2015.
- ↑"Virgin Australia to replace Virgin Blue, V Australia, Pacific Blue names -- Polynesian Blue too?".Australian Business Traveller.
- ↑"Please verify your request".planespotters.net.
- ↑"Major Airlines of Australia and Oceania".nationsonline.org.Retrieved9 March2015.
- ↑"Virgin Australia will buy the remaining shares in Tigerair for $1".news.au.
- ↑"Virgin Australia, nation's second-largest airline, seeks bankruptcy protection amid coronavirus shutdown".USA Today.RetrievedApril 29,2020.
- ↑Virgin Australia bidder Cyrus Capital Partners withdraws, Bain signs purchase dealABC News26 June 2020
- ↑"The Virgin Australia fleet".Virgin Australia.
Notes
- ↑From their foundation until January 2013, Virgin Blue/Virgin Australia and Pacific Blue used the IATA code 'DJ'. From its foundation Virgin Australia International Airlines (formerly known asV Australia) operated under a different IATA code, 'VA'. Use of the two codes continued from the May 2011 company reorganisation and rebranding until January 2013, with the long-haul flights operated by the Boeing 777 fleet using the 'VA' code. In January 2013 use of the IATA code 'DJ' was discontinued and all flights now use the code 'VA'.[1]