After receiving below-market compensation for years, former Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka is getting more than $50 million following its successful IPO.
Virgin Australia Holdings has locked in plans to raise $685 million from investors so that some of its existing backers can reduce their stake in Australia's second largest airline.
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is set to complete its transition to the most modern and youngest fleet in WA by replacing its Airbus A320s with a higher performance Boeing 737-8.
ANALYSIS: A tie-up between Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways will offer an additional 28 weekly flights between Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and Doha.
The competition watchdog has flagged its approval over an alliance between Virgin and Qatar Airways, which includes new weekly flights between Doha and Perth.
Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's interim authorisation of their integrated alliance.
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is set to get eight Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, the quietest and most fuel-efficient in its class, to serve the FIFO and regional market.
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Virgin Australia Holdings has announced its intention to be the country's first airline to operate flights with pets onboard under a plan unveiled today.
Senior executives at Virgin Australia have told Business News suggestions that chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka was forced out are “scurrilous nonsense”.
Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has resigned, after leading the company through administration and the COVID-19 pandemic over the past four years.
Virgin Australia has reached a deal with a union and airline association on a cabin crew enterprise agreement, thus averting a chaotic strike over the holiday season.
Western Australia's oldest airline, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, turned 60 on Saturday with a celebration which brought together thousands of years' experience of airline experience.
Virgin Australia's Perth pilots have undergone flight simulator training on their home turf for first time after realising a deal with global aviation trainer CAE.
The competition watchdog is seeking to maintain four independent operators in the fly-in, fly-out market, flagging plans to quash Virgin's partnership with Alliance over fears it would erode competition.
Queensland-based cargo handler Swissport has been hit with a $110,000 fine after a worker fell from a baggage cart at Perth Airport and was left with serious head injuries.
Virgin Australia is introducing two direct flights to Hobart, as part of the airline's move to expand its domestic network between states where travel is permitted.
Hall & Prior has given 100 per cent of its residential aged care workforce the first dose of the COVID-19 jab and reported 10 staff have resigned due to the vaccination requirement.
Virgin has joined Qantas in pushing for mandatory vaccination of its frontline workforce by mid-November, with office-based staff given until March 2022.
Virgin Australia has "turned a corner" from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and is about to dramatically expand its operations, the airline's CEO says.
Australia's major airlines have taken precarious steps towards ramping up operations, with Virgin targeting a return to 80 per cent of its pre-pandemic domestic capacity by June.
A slew of external hires head up Virgin Australia's newly minted executive team, with outsiders named to key operational, corporate affairs and finance management roles.
