Virgin Australia confirmed what is only the first substantial addition of wide-bodied A330 capacity to key interstate markets that it will make in the nearer term.
John Borghetti
RIP Virgin Blue … rebadged as the Virgin of Oz
It’s the last blue day today for the Virgin brand in domestic airlines as the myth making cranks up a notch or two for tomorrow’s launch of Virgin Australia.
At Qantas, the first cuts won’t be the deepest
Qantas has announced cutbacks in fleet growth, suspension of some flights by its main brands, and unspecified management job losses.
Virgin’s bottom line in for a rough landing
Virgin Blue this morning announced a huge profit downgrade.
Virgin, pregnancy row aside, having a good time of it
If it wasn’t for some nastiness in Virgin Blue concerning the undesirability of pregnant employees, its new CEO John Borghetti would be having a pretty good day.
A gift from Qantas to Virgin Blue
Ben Sandilands got his hands on a leaked photo of the new Qantas A330-200 domestic business class, with middle seats and crummy legroom. Why, it must be a present for new Virgin Blue boss John Borghetti, the former Qantas executive general manager.
Medium-term survival of Virgin Blue at risk
It’s backs to the wall time for Virgin Blue, with the ACCC today making a draft rejection of its proposed trans-Tasman route-sharing deal with Air New Zealand.
Virgin Blue and V Australia integrate
An integrated management structure for Virgin Blue and V Australia was announced internally in the Virgin Blue group yesterday, with clear signals as to where new CEO and former Qantas executive gm, John Borghetti is taking the group, writes Ben Sandilands.
Qantas flies north, Virgin Blue heads south
Qantas has followed this morning’s last minute profit downgrade by Virgin Blue with news that it expects a profit before tax of between $300-$400 million. Ben Sandilands explains.
The Borghetti succession
There is no doubting the tactical strength of Virgin Blue’s choice of John Borghetti to succeed its co-founder Brett Godfrey as the group’s second CEO in 10 years, writes Ben Sandilands.
Virgin Blue’s new CEO to find the middle against Qantas
Virgin Blue’s confirmed appointment of John Borghetti as the successor to its founding CEO Brett Godfrey this morning piles the pressure onto Qantas to radically change and improve its business.
Business for Qantas can never be the same again
The old pyramid shaped revenue model where most of the money was made from the smallest cadre of high fare paying frequent flyers was fatally wounded by the rise of low cost carriers.
