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Virgin Australia Holdings Pty Limited is the holding company that owns and operates Virgin Australia and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. It previously operated Pacific Blue Airlines , Tigerair Australia and joint-venture airline Polynesian Blue which were absorbed into Virgin Australia in December 2011.
Virgin Australia is an Australian airline based in Brisbane. It is one of two active airlines (the other being Virgin Atlantic) to use the Virgin brand, as well as the larger by fleet size. It commenced services on 31 August 2000 as Virgin Blue, with two aircraft on a single route. [3]
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. [3] [4] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by the airline Virgin Blue (now known as Virgin Australia).
Virgin Australia's creditors agreed Friday to sell the airline to Boston-based Bain Capital in a deal that will see the carrier cut 3,000 jobs and end many of its international flights. Co-founded ...
Brett Godfrey is co-founder and was founding CEO of Virgin Australia Holdings, launching the airline with just UD$10M in seed capital and 2 jets. [8] He greatly expanded the airline, introducing low fare flights and creating partnerships with other airlines, often taking advantage of downturns in the airline industry.
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares , usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company .
On 30 January 2022 Link Airways commenced operating flights for Virgin Australia on the Sydney to Canberra route under a wet lease arrangement. [10] On 18 January 2024, Virgin Australia announced it would codeshare with Link on 17 regional routes, including ten destinations from Brisbane, three from Melbourne and two each from Canberra and Sydney.
The airline also said it has sent people over to provide support. "Our focus is on the wellbeing of our team members affected," Virgin Australia said. USA TODAY contacted the Fiji Police Force on ...