Virgin Australia has unveiled its “Lounge of the future”, with the opening this week of its Adelaide Airport Lounge. Accommodating up to 283-seated guests, the Adelaide Lounge completes Virgin Australia’s network of seven domestic lounges around Australia. All future Lounge refurbishments around the domestic network will be done in line with this new and fresh design.

Virgin Australia Group has pushed back the delivery timeline of its Boeing B737 MAX 10 aircraft by two years, now beginning in mid-2023.

Virgin Australia’s new CEO and Managing Director, Jayne Hrdlicka, has this week taken over the Australia airline and unveiled the carrier’s future direction as a “mid-market” player. Hrdlicka, who replaced Paul Scurrah after Virgin Australia exited voluntary administration, said the airline would retain its core domestic lounge network in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast, and would be uniquely positioned in the local market as the only carrier with a triple-cabin choice of seating; Business, Economy X and Economy.

Virgin Australia will suspend long-haul international services to Los Angeles and Tokyo and dispose of its Boeing 777 fleet under the airline’s new “stronger, more profitable” business strategy.

Virgin Australia has scratched a recently proposed partnership with other Australian-based airlines, telling the competition regulator it was unlikely to assist it or its customers due to changed market conditions.

Virgin Australia has withdrawn a controversial proposal to enable it and other airlines to collective bargain with airports as part of a wider application before the ACCC.

Virgin Australia has been lambasted by domestic airports for a proposed collective bargaining agreement it is seeking to adopt in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Virgin Australia has announced the temporary suspension of all international flights effective 30 March through 14 June, 2020 due to the escalating travel crisis surrounding the global coronavirus COVID-19 travel downturn. The airline will ground its entire fleet of six wide-body aircraft (5x Boeing 777s and 1x Airbus A330) and 14 narrow-body workhorse Boeing 737s.

Virgin Australia has introduced new airfare packages that are sold with Virgin Voyages’ cruises to the Caribbean aboard Scarlet Lady. The brand-new cruise line is set to enter operation in April 2020, with at least the first two seasons operating to the Caribbean from PortMiami.

New airline satisfaction data from Roy Morgan shows Qantas is the winner of both the Domestic Airline and Domestic Business Airline of the Month Award for August 2019, with a customer satisfaction rating of 86% across both categories.

The new My Lounge – Home of Virgin Australia will offer an innovative gateside social lounging experience conveniently located by the Brisbane International departure gates with spectacular runway views.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Virgin Australia a favourable response for its planned tie-up with Virgin Atlantic.