What is Virgin Australia's strategy (post-administration)?

[Harrison_133]

There is still the VARA A320/Fokker operations in WA.

Worth mentioning the additional 2 A320’s arriving to VARA are ex-Tiger aircraft.

 

[HS-TQE]

Worth mentioning the additional 2 A320’s arriving to VARA are ex-Tiger aircraft.

VH-VKQ (ex-VNO with Tigerair Australia) just landed in PER not long ago.

Will likely undergo preparations for entry into service with VARA shortly.

VKQ (VNO) was stored in MPL (France) for 18 months.

 

[HS-TQE]

On a related note the legacy ex-Skywest/VARA A320 VH-FNP is on its way to the UAE to be parted out.

VH-FNP Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track VH-FNP flight from Hambantota to Sharjah

flightaware.com

 

[AIRwin]

But QF called it out as one of their more successful route launches so (MEL) clearly there is money to be made…

CFS on sale for $89:

Cheap flights to Melbourne (MEL) from AUD $59* | Virgin Australia

Find and book great value flights to Melbourne (MEL) with Virgin Australia. Good times, great fares. We can't wait to fly with you.

specials.virginaustralia.com

 

[HS-TQE]

Airbus A320 ex-9V-TAK, VH-VNK (currently OE-IMY) has flown out of storage in CRK.

No rego yet (or whether it reacquires the VNK rego), but is set to be the 2nd A320 on its way to PER for VARA ops.

 

[jakeseven7]

CFS on sale for $89:

Cheap flights to Melbourne (MEL) from AUD $59* | Virgin Australia

Find and book great value flights to Melbourne (MEL) with Virgin Australia. Good times, great fares. We can't wait to fly with you.

specials.virginaustralia.com

Oh dear. Might be next to go.

 

[Inlander]

Oh dear. Might be next to go.

And adding a little wait will be Bonza later this tear initially flying twice weekly CFS-MCY

 

[HS-TQE]

And adding a little wait will be Bonza later this tear initially flying twice weekly CFS-MCY

Low Yield Beach Market to a constant flickering 'Low/High' Beach Market.

Can't see that working either unless if some connecting traffic has xx_-MCY-CFS & v.v on their itinerary. Fortunately (the limited, if any) connecting traffic has an easier job of collecting baggage and re-checking as baggage collection and check-in halls are next to each other at MCY.

 

[jase05]

PHE-DPS scrapped

 

[kookaburra75]

PHE-DPS scrapped

Bummer. The last time I flew that route was on an AWA/Ansett F28, and I was hoping to recreate that with Virgin (tongue firmly in cheek emoji)

 

[HS-TQE]

Virgin scraps Port Hedland to Bali flight route

Pilbara residents looking forward to flying from Port Hedland to Bali from November have been left grounded with the popular route scrapped.

thewest.com.au

Aircraft may had been better used boosting one of the East Coast - Denpasar frequencies.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Virgin scraps Port Hedland to Bali flight route

Pilbara residents looking forward to flying from Port Hedland to Bali from November have been left grounded with the popular route scrapped.

thewest.com.au

Aircraft may had been better used boosting one of the East Coast - Denpasar frequencies.

It was an F100, was it not?

A320 way too big for this service. Which IIRC was largely supported by a travel agent.

 

[AIRwin]

It was an F100, was it not?

B738 positioning from DPS (after operating from BNE/SYD) and turning around at PHE

 

[Harrison_133]

Haven’t seen it reported yet, but VA’s “set your sights overseas sale” is showing flights from Brisbane & Sydney to Apia, Samoa and Brisbane to Port Vila, Vanuatu resuming from March 2023.

Nonstop flights between the Gold Coast and Denpasar are also available for booking from March 2023.

Edit: Australian airport announces direct flights to Bali for first time ever

 

[henrus]

Nonstop flights between the Gold Coast and Denpasar are also available for booking from March 2023.

This is rather exciting and I hope it does well. I can see a daily flight from late march which I'm not sure is the norm or just peak times? The flight has a rather good 5:40pm departure from the Gold Coast arriving into Bali at 10:15pm. The way back is an annoying 11:15pm to 7am+1 flight. Lite fares round trip start at ~$400.

 

[Mr H]

Nonstop flights between the Gold Coast and Denpasar are also available for booking from March 2023.

Because sometimes Ool is not quite tacky enough...

 

[Harrison_133]

Official press release from VA:

https://newsroom.virginaustralia.co...li-flights-adds-samoa-and-vanuatu-destination

 

[Mr H]

Official press release from VA:

https://newsroom.virginaustralia.co...li-flights-adds-samoa-and-vanuatu-destination

In addition, from 15 to 24 June 2022, Velocity Frequent Flyer members will get a mega bonus of 2,000 Velocity Points when they book Virgin Australia flights between Bali, Fiji, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Samoa, and Australia, for travel until 11 May 2023.

How excitement.

 

[HS-TQE]

Interesting to see the absence of 'Queensland Government' and 'AAIF' references from the OOL-DPS announcement. Local Paper Columnists would've been complaining about 'subsidising bogans' to Bali otherwise.

 

[mrmerc500]

VA have quite obviously decided the East Coast is where there International operations are at, shame they decided to pull out of Port Hedland which had been operated even in Skywest days & no future prospects they will return to PER - DPS. JQ is a fierce competitor on the route but return $349 - $399 would be compelling to capture the mid market, premium & mining crowd.