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Virgin Australia resumes Melbourne-Los Angeles
April 13th 2017
Virgin Australia continues to adjust its network with the resumption of five times a week flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles, after dropping the route in October 2014; a decision that coincided with the United Airlines arrival on the route. Read More »
In February, Virgin terminated its thrice-weekly Sydney-Abu Dhabi B777-300ER flights and reduced its Brisbane-Los Angeles service to six a week. The revised schedule freed up extra hours on its five -300ERs and facilitated the restoration of Melbourne-Los Angeles.
After previously pulling out of all long-haul flights from Melbourne, the carrier will launch a Melbourne-Hong Kong A330-200 flight from July 5 in partnership with one investor, China’s HNA Group.
In February, Virgin Australia reported an underlying profit, excluding one-offs, of AU$45.9 million (US$35 million) for the second quarter to December 31. The result was an improvement on the first quarter underlying profit of AU$3.6 million, but well below the $73 million it posted in the corresponding period a year ago.
