David Eyre
1 January 2021 © David Eyre Virgin Australia suffered the most challenging year in its history during 2020, starting with financial losses, travel bans during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...
Virgin Australia
30 April 2019 © David Eyre Virgin Australia is deferring delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft to July 2021, with the first delivery to be a 737...
29 August 2018 © David Eyre Virgin Australia has converted orders for 10 of the 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8s it has on order to the larger 737 MAX...
22 March 2017 Copyright © David Eyre AviationWA editor David Eyre recently enjoyed the opportunity to fly on Virgin Australia’s Boeing 737-800 from Perth to Kalgoorlie and return. SEE...
28 February 2017 © David Eyre Virgin Australia has announced that it has cancelled its planned services between Perth and Abu Dhabi due to changing market conditions. The proposed...
Qantas delays A320neo and A321neo deliveries 23 February 2017 © David Eyre Qantas Group has decided to delay delivery of the first of 54 A320neo and 45 A321neo aircraft...
20 September 2016 © David Eyre Virgin Australia plans to launch new Perth-Abu Dhabi services three times weekly with Airbus A330-200s from 9 June 2017. This will be the...
6 July 2016 © David Eyre Following Virgin Australia’s recent announcement that it was phasing out all of its Embraer E190 jets and some of its ATR 72 turboprops,...
15 June 2016 © David Eyre Virgin Australia today announced that the airline is cutting costs and raising more than $1 billion to pay down debt. The cost-cutting includes...
11 February 2016 copyright © David Eyre Virgin Australia today announced the withdrawal and sale of five Embraer E190s, by September 2016. The current 18-aircraft E190 fleet will be...
22 November 2015 – copyright © David Eyre Virgin Australia and Perth Airport today celebrated the start of operations at the new Terminal 1 Domestic, located between T1 International...
13 November 2015 © David Eyre Perth Airport held a media event this evening, to provide a preview of the newly-completed Virgin Australia Terminal 1 Domestic Pier, which opens...
29 August 2014 – copyright David Eyre Following hot on the heels of Qantas Group’s loss announcement yesterday, Virgin Australia has also announced a loss. Key points: accelerating the...
5 May 2014 In an article in The West Australian by Geoffrey Thomas, Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti has criticised Perth Airport for further delays in the construction of...
