Virgin Names New Trans-Pacific Airline
27 July 2007Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. on Wednesday named its new long haul international airline “V Australia,” which it hopes will commence flights between Australia and the U.S. west coast late next year.
Virgin Blue, the Australian branch of British mogul Richard Branson’s budget airline, received Australian regulatory approval Monday to fly 10 services a week to destinations expected to include Los Angeles and San Francisco.
However, under the existing bilateral rights agreement between the countries, U.S. regulatory approval is still needed.
source: Forbes
