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Virgin Blue Airlines
IATA Code
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IATA Prefix
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DJ
VOZ
856
 Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue Embraer ERJ-170LR
Virgin Blue Airlines
PO Box 1034
Spring Hill
QLD 4004
AUSTRALIA

Tel.: +61 73 295 2298
Fax: +61 73 839 4024
SITA:
Email: reception@virginblue.com.au
Website: www.virginblue.com.au

Type: Scheduled, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner: Toll Holdings (62.42%); Virgin Group (25.26%); private investors (12.32%)
Holdings: Polynesian Blue (49%); Pacific Blue (100%); V Australia (100%)
Employees: 4,693
Base: Brisbane (BNE); Melbourne (MEL)
Hubs: Perth (PER); Sydney (SYD); Canberra (CBR); Adelaide (ADL); Darwin (DRW); Hobart (HBA)
Start of ops: August 2000
Alliances: Air Austral, Airlines of PNG, Skywest, V Australia, Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Blue Airlines operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 2 x Airbus A330-200 (on order)
  • 20 x Boeing 737-700
  • 31 x Boeing 737-800 (80 on order)
  • 6 x Embraer E-170 6
  • 15 x Embraer E-190 (3 on order)
CEO: John Borgheti
CFO: Keith Neate
COO: Andrew David
Chief Commercial Officer: Liz Savage
Chief Information Officer: David Harvey
Head of Business Development: David Lloyd
GM Aircraft Operations: Michael Young
GM Flight Operations: Brian Kearney
GM Engineering: Mike Hockin
GM Ground Operations: Andrew Lillyman
GM Finance: Neil Lynch
GM Revenue Management: Aubrey Swift
GM Sales: Mathias Freiss
GM Guest Service Systems: Martin Daley
GM Safety Systems: Simon Thorpe
GM Public Affairs: Heather Jeffery
Domestic Operations Manager: Ted Cosgrove

Virgin Blue is Australia's second-largest airline as well as the largest by fleet size to utilise the Virgin brand. The airline serves 28 cities in Australia, with Brisbane Airport as its hub, using a fleet of 75 narrow-body Boeings and Embraers. It was founded by British businessman Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and is based in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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