Latest news about airline company Virgin Australia from the Guardian
August 2024
In just three months Bonza has collapsed and Rex is on the brink. What’s gone wrong?
Rex’s demise highlights industry’s favouritism of Qantas and Virgin, former watchdog chair says
July 2024
As many as 360 workers sacked at Rex with hundreds more jobs to go
Why aren’t the likes of Rex and Bonza flying high in Australian skies? Ask the politicians
John Quiggin
June 2024
Virgin Australia engine fire: what happens when planes collide with birds – and how common is it?
Doug Drury for the Conversation
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Video shows engine fire on Virgin Australia flight from Queenstown to Melbourne – video
Likely ‘a bird strike’: Virgin Australia flight makes emergency landing in New Zealand after engine fire
Virgin Australia delays vote on controversial enterprise agreement that would cut pilots’ days off
May 2024
Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue, watchdog tells Senate estimates
Alleged naked run on Virgin flight from Perth to Melbourne leads to man being arrested
‘Rostering to the limits’: senior Virgin Australia pilots raise safety concerns over fatigue
Bonza is the latest victim of Australian neoliberalism. It’s hard to see a new airline arriving any time soon
John Quiggin
March 2024
Who let the dogs on? Everything you need to know about Virgin Australia’s planned pets in cabins scheme
From confining animals to carriers to dealing with doggy business, how will the airline’s policy to let small cats and canines fly in plane cabins actually work?
February 2024
Airlines cancelling flights at Sydney airport could lose takeoff and landing slots in crackdown
Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka steps down after nearly four years in top role
January 2024
Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says
Which Boeing Max planes fly in Australia and should I be worried about flying on one?
December 2023
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WA bushfires destroy at least one home – as it happened
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Two in five Australians had flight cancelled or delayed over 12 months, survey says
Choice poll claims fewer than half of all flight refunds are received within a month
Frequent flyer programs: which is best for Australians – and is there a catch?
Qantas, Velocity and KrisFlyer will earn you free flights or upgrades but you’ll have to give something too – your data
