Virgin Australia scales back short-haul international flying

Virgin Australia is scaling back its international plans in the wake of the release in this week’s budget forecasts outlining new predictions for international travel of low visitations till at least mid-2022.

Virgin Australia is deferring most short-haul international flying, including to Fiji and Indonesia, until at least December 2021.

Continued efforts by State and Federal Government to refine trans-Tasman travel arrangements will however allow the airline to operate Boeing 737 services between Sydney-Queenstown and Brisbane-Queenstown, as planned from September 18, 2021, and Melbourne-Queenstown services from December 7, 2021.

Virgin Australia said that because current demand for other New Zealand destinations remains subdued, read more ⇒

Source:: AirlineRatings.Com

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