David Eyre
1 January 2021 © David Eyre Virgin Australia suffered the most challenging year in its history during 2020, starting with financial losses, travel bans during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
15 June 2016 © David Eyre Virgin Australia today announced that the airline is cutting costs and raising more than $1 billion to pay down debt. The cost-cutting includes...
27 February 2016 © David Eyre Virgin Australia Regional Airlines’ Fokker 50 VH-FNH landed on runway 21 at 4:27pm today, on a special charter flight to mark the end...
11 February 2016 copyright © David Eyre Virgin Australia today announced the withdrawal and sale of five Embraer E190s, by September 2016. The current 18-aircraft E190 fleet will be...
21 October 2015 copyright © David Eyre (UPDATED 27 OCT 2015) Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) has announced that it is selling all eight of its Fokker 50 aircraft...
28 November 2014 – David Eyre Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will cut the number of flights between Perth and Albany, Busselton, Esperance and Ravensthorpe from 5 December 2014. The...
Updated 14 Aug 2013 © David Eyre AirAsia X From 24 November 2013, the Kuala Lumpur / Perth A330 service increases to twice daily (increasing services increases from 7 to...
Greg Meechan has reported that following the takeover of Skywest Airlines by Virgin Australia and its renaming as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, on Wednesday 31 July 2013, the last...
7 May 2013 © David Eyre Following the takeover of Skywest Airlines by Virgin Australia last month, today Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Australia Chief Executive Officer...
11 April 2013 © David Eyre Virgin Australia officially completed the takeover of Skywest today, with the airline becoming Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. Virgin Australia also announced that Ms...
