The ATSB has launched an inquiry into yesterday’s emergency landing at a fog bound Mildura airport by a Virgin Australia 737-800 which declared a fuel emergency after fog closed Adelaide airport. It described the incident as ‘serious’.
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Breakthrough: Virgin Australia signs up for new Brisbane runway
A breakthrough in Brisbane Airport’s new runway crisis has been made with Virgin Australia agreeing to the funding proposal from the airport’s owners and signing up for major improvements to its own terminal facilities.
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Would Virgin and Qantas be interested in JetBlue suites?
JetBlue’s sudden embrace of ultra premium suites for US transcontinental A321 services must surely turn heads in Virgin Australia and Qantas.
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Virgin and Qantas, it’s all duelling A330s at ten paces!
In the capacity and frequency contest between Virgin Australia and Qantas the Airbus A330 continues to be the ‘weapon’ of choice, not that one should ever use such terminology within earshot of airline or security staff at an airport.
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New jet envy! How will Qantas and Virgin handle it?
The neighbours are spending up big on flashy new cars jets, so what will Qantas and Virgin Australia do to ‘keep up’?
READ MOREMore to Germany tourism push than Joyce versus Dixon
A team effort by Virgin Australia and its 10% owner Etihad Airways and Tourism Australia to get more out of the somewhat economically shell shocked German visitor market is about more things than a press release about ‘how good this is’.
READ MOREVirgin Australia 737 climb toward stall under inquiry
An incident in which a Virgin Australia 737-800 was incorrectly flown toward its cruising altitude at a fixed mach value, causing the airspeed to decline toward a loss of control situation is under investigation by the ATSB.
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Singapore Air, Tiger fortunes diverge in 4Q FY13
Tiger up, Singapore Airlines down as low cost trumps full service in fourth quarter earnings.
READ MOREFalling Australian dollar takes airlines with it
A weak Australian dollar is good for the country, bad for its airlines.
READ MOREAs Virgin falters airline investors face bigger questions
In just over 24 hours of brutal insights into errors in Virgin Australia and a sharp sell off in the shares that aren’t owned by major investors Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand and Etihad the market at least has new guidance from its management that it will nevertheless be in profit, reduced profit, for the [...]
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Qantas takes on V’s E-jets with rebirthed 717s
Something more than interesting is on the way in the battle for Canberra corporate and government accounts as QantasLink prepares a fleet of refurbished Boeing 717s to take on Virgin Australia’s Embraer 190s.
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Virgin Australia says getting better has made things worse
A cut-to-the-chase reading of the Virgin Australia profit downgrade issued yesterday is that it has improved itself into a less profitable position than before.
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Virgin Australia has big plans for turbo-prop regional
Virgin Australia made its three part restructing complete in Perth today with the announcement of Virgin Australia Regional as the rebranding of Skywest, which it has taken over.
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Has Virgin real control over Tiger?
Is it an illusion to say that Virgin Australia now has control of Tiger Australia, where Qantas alumnus Rob Sharp was announced as CEO today? The low fare travel experience here and abroad says carriers like Tiger’s longer established Qantas counterpart Jetstar exercise an influence on air travel that neither their various owners nor [...]
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Singapore Airlines has Pacific ambitions for Virgin Australia
To understand where Singapore Airlines wants Virgin Australia to go it is necessary to keep in mind the strategic agenda of modern Singapore.
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