New Virgin Australia Services
New Virgin Australia Services
Virgin Australia to Launch Melbourne – Los Angeles and Perth – Abu Dhabi Services
Virgin Australia is pleased to announce it will launch Melbourne to Los Angeles and Perth to Abu Dhabi services in 2017.
Effective 4 April 2017, Virgin Australia will introduce five services each week between Melbourne and Los Angeles using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft*, enabling Virgin Australia to service Los Angeles from the three biggest gateways in Australia – Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Melbourne – Los Angeles services include:
Melbourne – Los Angeles Services (from Tuesday 4 April 2017) VA 23 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 1130 STD 0900 STA
Los Angeles – Melbourne Services (from Tuesday 4 April 2017) VA 24 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 2110 STD 0600 +2 STA
Effective 9 June 2017, Virgin Australia will introduce three services each week between Perth and Abu Dhabi using Airbus A330-200 aircraft*. This increases the number of services offered on the route from seven to 10 per week through our alliance with Etihad Airways.
Perth – Abu Dhabi services include:
Perth – Abu Dhabi Services (from Friday 9 June 2017) VA 11 Tuesday, Friday, Sunday: 2305 STD 0635 +1 STA
Abu Dhabi – Perth Services (from Saturday 10 June 2017) VA 12 Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: 0820 STD 2325 STA
Virgin Australia’s award-winning Business Class experience ‘The Business’ is available across the airline’s entire A330 and B777 fleet. Key features of ‘The Business’ include:
| Individual and private suites in a 1-2-1 configuration that enables 100 per cent direct aisle access and convert into the length of a queen size bed; | |
| The latest in in-flight comfort and a turndown service with memory foam mattress toppers and high-grade cotton pillows and doonas; | |
| Luke Mangan-designed menus paired with premium wines and delivered in a fine dining experience through à la carte or Express Dining options to suit each guest’s preference; and | |
| The largest in-flight entertainment screen (18-inch High Definition touch screen) flying between Australia and North America on the 777 aircraft and a large 16-inch High Definition touch screen on the A330 aircraft. |
Changes to Virgin Australia Sydney – Abu Dhabi services and Brisbane – Los Angeles services:
To enable the introduction of services between Melbourne and Los Angeles, Virgin Australia wishes to advise it will cease its three times weekly Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights after 4 February 2017 and will reduce Brisbane-Los Angeles flights from seven per week to six per week from 7 April 2017.
Virgin Australia customers will continue to have the option of twice daily flights between Sydney and Abu Dhabi, with alliance partner Etihad Airways to add three new weekly services on the route in February 2017.
The last scheduled VA30 Abu Dhabi-Sydney flight will operate on Friday 3 February 2017. The last scheduled VA29 Sydney-Abu Dhabi flight will operate on Saturday 4 February 2017.
The following Virgin Australia services between Brisbane and Los Angeles will no longer operate:
| VA 7 will no longer operate on Mondays from Monday 10 April 2017 | |
| VA 8 will no longer operate on Fridays from Friday 7 April 2017 | |
Virgin Australia will operate the following services between Brisbane and Los Angeles from 8 April 2017:
Brisbane-Los Angeles
VA 7 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 1050 STD 0655 STA (no change)
VA 9 Sunday 2130 STD 1735 STA
Los Angeles-Brisbane
VA 8 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday 2350 STD 0650 +2 STA (no change)
VA 6 Saturday 1115 STD 1815 +1 STA
Note: Customers already booked on Sydney-Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi-Sydney services after 4 February 2017 will be re-accommodated on Etihad Airways services. Customers booked on Monday VA 7 Brisbane-Los Angeles and Friday VA 8 Los Angeles-Brisbane services from 7 April 2017 will be re-accommodated on other Virgin Australia services via Sydney and Melbourne. A schedule change/guest re-accommodation will take place from today, Tuesday 20 September 2016 moving all guests onto new flights.
Source: Virgin Australia, 20Sep16
