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Virgin Australia adds ten Boeing 737s – Executive Traveller
The bulked-up fleet will put Virgin in a better position to compete against Qantas and also resume flights to New Zealand.
Virgin Australia will bolster its fleet with the addition of ten Boeing 737s over the coming months as the airline eyes an uptick in domestic demand and a restart for of New Zealand flights.
All of the jets have been leased back from previous lessors who supplied the same jets before the airline collapsed into administration in April 2020.
The first three aircraft will rejoin Virgin this month, with the remainder progressively arriving through to October.
Virgin says it will also launch a recruitment…
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