Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia is a large Australian airline. It started in 2000. From 2000 until 2011, the airline was called Virgin Blue.^[4] Virgin Australia flies as both a full-service airline and a low-cost airline, like Ryanair or Southwest Airlines. As of 2016, the airline has a fleet of 108 airplanes and flies to Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu.^[5] Virgin Australia is Australia's second largest airline.^[6] It is the main competitor for Jetstar Airways and Qantas. In 2014, Virgin Australia bought Tigerair Australia.^[7] Virgin Australia became bankrupt in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic^[8] and was bought by Bain Capital in June 2020.^[9]

Virgin Australia

IATA ICAO Callsign VA[N 1] VOZ VELOCITY
Founded	1999 (as Virgin Blue)[2]
Commenced operations	31 August 2000
Hubs	Auckland Airport Brisbane Airport Melbourne Airport Sydney Airport
Focus cities	Adelaide Airport Gold Coast Airport Perth Airport
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
Key people	John Borghetti (CEO) Richard Branson (co-founder) Brett Godfrey (co-founder and former CEO)
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.com

Gallery

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  A Virgin Australia ATR-72.
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  An old Virgin Blue plane in 2006
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  Virgin Australia owns 5 Boeing 777s, just like this one.^[10]