Tag: Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue has accused Qantas of hiding behind Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC in its submissions to the regulator opposing Virgin Blue’s proposed deal with Etihad.

Virgin Blue will undertake a complete overhaul of Virgin Blue Holdings’ brands (including V Australia) with Hans Hulsbosch the brains behind Qantas’ flying Kangaroo logo, hired as creative director for the airline.

Qantas appears likely to stop flying into Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires in favor of Brazil’s booming resource economy with flights to either Sao Paulo or Rio de Janiero.

Qantas is taking the fight to Virgin Blue’s plans to dominate the domestic air travel market amongst business travellers by adding 820,000 seats to its Jetstar discount airline.

Virgin Blue Holdings Limited, who run both Virgin Blue and V Australia and Etihad Airways PJSC today signed an agreement to enable V Australia to fly into Abu Dhabi from 2011.

Virgin Blue will abandon the New Zealand domestic market from October 18, after it’s New Zealand based Pacific Blue operation accrued years of losses.

Low cost carrier Jetstar is taking the fight to rivals Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand by increasing the number flights between Queenstown and both Melbourne and the Gold Coast.

Virgin Blue Chief Executive John Borghetti has signaled his intention to bring V Australia under Virgin Blue’s management and operations structure in a memo to staff yesterday.

Tiger Airways has submitted objections to Virgin Blue’s deal with Air New Zealand on trans-Tasman routes to the ACCC.

Qantas has been displaced as the Australian Government’s sole airline of choice, with Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Regional Express joining Qantas in sharing the Government’s domestic air travel contract.