Virgin Australia

Hainan Airlines | May 31, 2016

Hainan Airlines parent company HNA Group is to take an equity stake in Virgin Australia as part of a new commercial alliance announced on Tuesday....

Hainan Airlines | June 01, 2016

Billionaire Chen Feng’s HNA Group agreed to purchase a stake in Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. as the Chinese conglomerate adds to its more than $91 billion of assets worldwide....

Hong Kong Airlines | June 01, 2016

Virgin Australia has applied for regulatory permission to launch daily flights from Australia to Hong Kong and Beijing next June just a day after it revealed China's HNA Aviation would take a 13 per cent stake in the Australian carrier and receive a board seat.The application to the International Air Services Commission, which allocates capacity on the China and Hong Kong routes, was lodged on Tuesday. Virgin said it would use a 275-seat A330-200 aircraft departing from a "major Austral...

Simple Flying | January 17, 2020

Canadian operator WestJet is planning a new transatlantic service. The Boeing 737 operated flight would be used to connect Canada’s Halifax to Manchester in the United Kingdom. The seasonal flight is set to operate over the 2020 summer period. WestJet is launching its third route from Halifax to the United Kingdom this summer. Accompanying its existing routes to London and Glasgow, the new connection will be operated by a Boeing 737 aircraft. Launching in June, the route will remain in ope...