Posts Tagged ‘ Virgin Blue ’

Virgin Blue network review and Etihad partnership

So, DJ’s new CEO is really starting to make his presence felt – looking back over the last few weeks, quite a few changes have been made:

  • New Zealand domestic flights cancelled completely
  • Joint ventures with NZ and DL on track for possible approval later in the year
  • Upcoming capacity increases in Australian domestic flights, including a “proper” domestic business cabin and widebody metal (2 x A332) for transcon flying
  • Conversion of VA’s SYD-NAN service to DJ metal
  • Cancellation of VA’s unprofitable JNB and HKT operations
  • Major partnership with EY – complete FF program reciprocity, including points earn/burn, status earn and perks for status pax including lounge access
  • New VA routes announced – SYD-AUH in Feb 2011 and BNE-AUH by Feb 2012

EY have put together a cutesy video to announce the partnership on the YouTubes:

Adding the recent announcement of Virgin Group’s return to profit in FY09-FY10, I’d say that things are looking up for them. :)

2010
08/28
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Virgin Blue and Skywest expand relationship

It seems DJ and XR have gone from dating to being engaged – as announced yesterday, the two carriers have agreed to an expansion of the existing arrangements to include full codeshare and baggage interline, as well as earning/burning Velocity points on XR and lounge access for eligible XR pax.

Prior to this expansion, XR flights could already be credited to Velocity — it never made sense to me that the relationship hadn’t matured beyond that, especially seeing as there is almost no overlap between XR and DJ. Win win for all concerned. :)

2010
07/22
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