List of Virgin Australia destinations

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Virgin Australia (known as Virgin Blue until early 2011) is an Australian airline, with headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4] A number of hubs are located throughout Australia.

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Virgin Australia previously suspended flights from 30 March 2020 to all international destinations "in response to expanded government travel restrictions and increased impacts from COVID-19 on travel demand", [5] [6] as well as several destinations in Australia. [7]

Destinations

Cable Beach, Virgin Australia's first A330-200. Virgin Australia (VH-XFB) Airbus A330-243 taxiing at Sydney Airport.jpg
Cable Beach, Virgin Australia's first A330-200.
Bondi Beach, first Boeing 737-800 to wear Virgin Australia livery. Virgin Australia (VH-YFC) Boeing 737-81D at Sydney Airport.jpg
Bondi Beach, first Boeing 737-800 to wear Virgin Australia livery.
Former ATR 72-500 in Virgin Australia livery. Skywest Airlines ATR72 in Toulouse.jpg
Former ATR 72-500 in Virgin Australia livery.

Virgin Australia (and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines) currently serve 33 domestic and 6 international destinations as of January 2024:

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Australia Adelaide Adelaide Airport Focus city [3]
Albany Albany Airport Charter [8]
Albury Albury Airport Terminated [3]
Alice Springs Alice Springs Airport [3]
Ayers Rock Ayers Rock Airport [3]
Ballina Ballina Byron Gateway Airport [3]
Brisbane Brisbane Airport Hub [3]
Broome Broome Airport [3]
Bundaberg Bundaberg Airport Terminated [3]
Busselton Busselton Margaret River Airport Charter [9]
Cairns Cairns Airport [3]
Carnarvon Carnarvon Airport Terminated
Canberra Canberra Airport [3]
Christmas Island Christmas Island Airport [4]
Cloncurry Cloncurry Airport Terminated [3]
Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport [4]
Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour Airport Terminated [10]
Darwin Darwin Airport [3]
Derby RAAF Base Curtin Terminated [11]
Emerald Emerald Airport [3]
Esperance Esperance Airport Terminated [8]
Exmouth RAAF Base Learmonth [12]
Geraldton Geraldton Airport Charter [3] [13]
Gladstone Gladstone Airport [3]
Gold Coast Gold Coast Airport Focus city [3]
Hamilton Island Great Barrier Reef Airport [3]
Hervey Bay Hervey Bay Airport Terminated [3]
Hobart Hobart Airport [3]
Kalbarri Kalbarri Airport Terminated
Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie Airport [3]
Karratha Karratha Airport [3]
Kununurra East Kimberly Regional Airport [3]
Launceston Launceston Airport [3]
Mackay Mackay Airport [3]
Melbourne Melbourne Airport Hub [3]
Mildura Mildura Airport Terminated [3]
Monkey Mia Shark Bay Airport Terminated
Moranbah Moranbah Airport Terminated [14]
Mount Isa Mount Isa Airport [3]
Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Airport [3]
Newman Newman Airport [3]
Onslow Onslow Airport [3]
Paraburdoo Paraburdoo Airport Charter
Perth Perth Airport Hub [3]
Port Hedland Port Hedland Airport [3]
Port Macquarie Port Macquarie Airport Terminated [3]
Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport [3]
Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe Airport Terminated [15]
Rockhampton Rockhampton Airport [3]
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Airport [3]
Sydney Sydney Airport Hub [3]
Tamworth Tamworth Airport Terminated [3]
Townsville Townsville Airport [3]
Wollongong Shellharbour Airport [16]
Cook Islands Rarotonga Rarotonga International Airport Terminated [4] [17] [18] [5]
Fiji Nadi Nadi International Airport [19]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated [4] [20]
Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport Focus city [4] [5]
Japan Tokyo Haneda Airport Terminated [21] [22]
New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Christchurch Christchurch Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Dunedin Dunedin Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Hamilton Hamilton Airport Terminated [23]
Queenstown Queenstown Airport [4] [5]
Wellington Wellington Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport Terminated [4] [5]
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport Operated by Qatar Airways [24]
Samoa Apia Faleolo International Airport [4] [5]
Solomon Islands Honiara Honiara International Airport Suspended [4] [5]
South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated [25]
Thailand Phuket Phuket International Airport Terminated [26]
Tonga Nukuʻalofa Fuaʻamotu International Airport Terminated [4] [17] [18] [5]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminated [27]
United States Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Terminated [4] [17] [18] [5]
Vanuatu Port Vila Bauerfield International Airport [4] [5] [28]

Virgin Australia operates flights to Bali, Cairns and Townsville but Virgin Australia Regional has terminated them. Since Virgin Australia's takeover of Skywest, two original WA Coastal Network (Skywest) destinations have been cancelled (Exmouth & Busselton) with Albany, Esperance and Ravensthorpe also ending on 27 February 2016. [29]

Codeshare and interline agreements

Currently, Virgin Australia has agreements with airlines including United Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways (Etihad Airways previously), and Air Canada.

It was announced on 26 August 2010 that Virgin Australia had signed a codeshare and interline agreement with Etihad Airways, giving Virgin passengers access to 65 destinations in Europe and the Middle East. [30]

Virgin America and Virgin Australia International Airlines shared terminal facilities at Los Angeles International Airport's Terminal 3, however, only the check-in desks are located there, both inbound and outbound Virgin Australia flights arrive and depart from the Tom Bradley International Terminal.

United Airlines and Virgin Australia announced on 15 December 2021 that beginning in April 2022, a new partnership between the two would see the longer than a decade partnership with Delta Air Lines be scrapped. [31]

On 11 December 2024, Qatar Airways announced that passengers can begin booking air tickets for direct routes to Doha from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth on behalf of Virgin Australia for travels commencing June 2025 onwards. This collaboration will also see Melbourne to be added in the mix later the same year. [32] This deal brought about the announced end of the Virgin Australia an Etihad Airways Partnership - due to end on the 1st of June 2025. [33]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us". Virgin Australia Airlines. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Domestic schedule | Coronavirus Customer Hub". 16 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "Virgin Australia Domestic Route Map". Virgin Australia Airlines. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Virgin Australia International Route Map". Virgin Australia Airlines. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Virgin Australia Group update on response to COVID-19" (Press release). Virgin Australia. The Virgin Australia Group has today announced a temporary suspension of international services and further cuts to domestic capacity in response to expanded government travel restrictions and increased impacts from COVID-19 on travel demand. In response to weakened demand, the Group will [also] reduce domestic capacity by around 50 per cent until 14 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "BRIEF-Virgin Australia To Suspend All International Flying from 30 March to 13 June 2020". Reuters. 18 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Virgin Australia Group revised domestic schedule" (Press release). Virgin Australia. The Virgin Australia Group has confirmed a revised domestic schedule following the Group's decision to reduce domestic capacity by at least 50 per cent until 14 June 2020 in the wake of COVID-19.
  8. 1 2 "Concern for regional WA air services as Virgin pulls out of Albany, Esperance routes". ABC News. 24 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Parish, Rebecca (20 April 2015). "Virgin cancels Busselton trial". Busselton Dunsborough Times. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Virgin Australia re-introduces Coffs Harbour services with fares from $45". Virgin Australia. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Virgin axes Perth-Derby flights as Derby West Kimberley Shire considers air service alternatives". ABC News. 29 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Exmouth fears as Virgin leaves". The West Australian. 12 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Virgin Australia cancels Perth to Geraldton route, citing decline in customers". The West Australian. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Moranbah, Australia sees end of Virgin Australia flights". www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news. ch-aviation. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Concern for regional WA air services as Virgin pulls out of Albany, Esperance routes". ABC News. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/latest/virgin-australia-increases-regional-network-through-link-airways-partnership#:~:text=The%20partnership%20means%20that%20Virgin,serviced%20by%20another%20major%20airline".{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  17. 1 2 3 Virgin Australia Group (13 March 2020). "Virgin Australia Group update on COVID-19 response". newsroom.virginaustralia.com. Virgin Australia Airlines. Virgin Australia. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 Asaf, Seher (13 March 2020). "Virgin Australia cuts flights to Japan, New Zealand, US due to coronavirus". Business Traveller.
  19. ↑ "Say bula to Fiji! Virgin Australia brings forward international flight schedule". Virgin Australia. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  20. ↑ "Virgin Australia is ending its flights between Australia and Hong Kong amid the ongoing protests and the coronavirus outbreak". Business Insider Australia. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  21. ↑ "Now on sale: Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights - Executive Traveller". www.executivetraveller.com. 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  22. ↑ "Virgin Australia to end its daily Cairns-Tokyo service due to reduced inbound visitors from Japan post COVID". Virgin Australia Newsroom. 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  23. ↑ "Virgin Australia to suspend Brisbane-Hamilton flights". Yahoo News New Zealand. 14 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "Virgin's Doha flights bring fresh competition to the skies - Executive Traveller". www.executivetraveller.com. 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  25. ↑ The Virgin Blue Group Announces Second Phase of Network Review V Australia 26 August 2010
  26. ↑ Matt O'Sullivan (7 August 2015). "Virgin sheds flights to Bali and Thailand as international losses mount". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  27. ↑ BTN News (1 March 2017). "Virgin Australia drops Abu Dhabi from network" . Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  28. ↑ "Virgin Australia international network" . Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "Concern for regional WA air services as Virgin pulls out of Albany, Esperance routes". ABC News. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  30. ↑ Matt O'Sullivan (26 August 2010). "Virgin tie-up with Etihad a blow to Qantas". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  31. ↑ "Virgin Australia takes flight with United Airlines". Virgin Australia Newsroom. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  32. ↑ "Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways". www.virginaustralia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  33. ↑ "Etihad Airways pulls the plug on Virgin Australia partnership - Executive Traveller". www.executivetraveller.com. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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