launch date – august 2000 as virgin blue became virgin austrlaia in 2011.
country – australia
history – launched as a low cost carrier tried to be premium nearly went bust in 2020 but survived tried long haul in the 2010s and failed.
hubs – melbourne, brisbane, sydney, perth
destinations – australian major ctiies, denepesar, nadi, doha (through a deal with qatar) and some new zelland ctiies formerly, hong kong. haneda, lax, abu dhabi, phuket, johenesburg and some regional cities including albury.
route examples – melbourne to sydney, brisbane, adelaide, sydney to adeliade, nadi, perth.
allaince – n/a
fleet – 737s, 777s (from qatar).
accidents – n/a
personal experience – quite good but no longer offer free food in economy still an ok airline not as good as rex.
next time – jal