David Eyre
7 December 2011 © David Eyre: Pacific Blue and V Australia were officially placed under the single Virgin Australia banner today, and Polynesian Blue changed its name to Virgin...
Virgin Australia
2 December 2011: Skywest today took delivery of their 4th ATR72-500, VH-FVM “Woolamai Beach” (cn 979). The aircraft arrived on Perth Airport’s runway 03 at 16:19 using callsign “Southern...
Emirates During Christmas and New Year period, Emirates will be operating 2 extra round-trip services, and using Boeing 777-300ER instead of 777-200LR on particular dates. Boeing 777-300ER replaces 777-200LR...
11 August 2011 (UPDATED 25 AUGUST 2011): Skywest Airlines finally took delivery at Brisbane on 18 August 2011 of its first ATR 72-500, VH-FVH, which is also the first...
28 July 2011: From 17 October 2011, Virgin Australia will start services with the Skywest ATR72s on the following routes: Brisbane to Gladstone – two services daily from 17...
This is the first of up to 18 ATR72s to be acquired by Skywest on lease from Avation for operation on behalf of Virgin Australia in the Eastern States...
26 May 2011: Virgin Australia’s A330 services commenced on 26 May 2011, with VH-XFB operating the first service. The first service, flight DJ553 from Sydney, touched down on runway...
19 May 2011 © David Eyre VH-XFB Airbus A330-243 (cn 372) of Virgin Australia, named “Cable Beach”, visited Perth Airport for the first time on a route proving flight...
4 May 2011 © David Eyre Virgin Blue intensified plans for reviewing its image from around mid 2010. This rebranding was to include new uniforms, aircraft interiors, aircraft, and...
26 May – 5 June 2011: One return daily service from Sydney: Arriving in Perth at 11:15 / Departs Perth at 13:00. 6 June – 3 July 2011: Two...
10 April 2012 Virgin Australia is to invest $8 million in WA-based Skywest Airlines, equating to approximately 10% of Skywest. Skywest already operates a fleet of ATR72 aircraft...
