Travel to Australia: Virgin launch new flights
21 September 2016 by News DeskTravel to Australia via Perth-Abu Dhabi three times weekly on an Airbus A330-200.
Travel to Australia from Los Angeles five times a week to Melbourne on a Boeing 777-300ERs. Virgin Australia’s new services begin in April and June 2017.
In order to create extra flying time on the five 777-300ERs required to return to the Melbourne-Los Angeles route, Virgin is to drop its three times a week Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights from February 4 2017 and reduce Brisbane-Los Angeles from daily to six times weekly.
There will also be a schedule change on one Brisbane-Los Angeles-Brisbane rotation a week, which will be an evening departure from Brisbane and a morning departure from Los Angeles.
Currently, all Virgin trans-Pacific services take off from Australia in the morning and leave Los Angeles late at night.
Virgin chief executive John Borghetti said: “In partnership with Delta Air Lines we will soon offer 25 services each week from Australia to Los Angeles and remain the only trans-Pacific alliance to offer business class guests lie flat beds with direct aisle access on all services.”
Travel to Australia: Virgin launch new flights
Virgin alliance partner and shareholder Etihad Airways will in turn replace Virgin’s three Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights with three additional frequencies using 777-300ERs, maintaining a twice-daily offering from Australia’s largest city.
The two carriers will then boost their combined network between Australia and Abu Dhabi from June 9, when Virgin commences the three times weekly flights between Perth and Abu Dhabi with A330-200s. Currently, Etihad serves Perth daily from its Abu Dhabi hub with Boeing 787-9s.
Virgin will also launch daily with A330-200 flights to Beijing and Hong Kong from either Sydney or Melbourne from June 1 2017.
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