| IATA | ICAO | Callsign |
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| VA | VOZ | VELOCITY |
Virgin Australia, formerly known as Virgin Blue, is turning 17 today.
Virgin Australia is Australia's second-largest airline behind QANTAS. With its base in Bowen Hills, (a suburb of Brisbane), the airline was founded by British businessman Richard Branson and former Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey. It was established on the 31st August 2000 with two aircraft operating on a single route, and suddenly found itself catapulted to the position of Australia's second airline after the collapse of Ansett Australia in September 2001. The airline has grown to directly serve 29 cities in Australia from hubs in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, using a fleet of Boeing 737-800, Boeing 777-300ER's and Embraer jets.
Virgin Blue also owned airlines like Pacific Blue; Polynesian Blue and V Australia but now all operate under the name Virgin Australia.
After several years operating as a low-cost carrier it improved its services recently and now offers meals, baggage and inflight entertainment as part of the ticket price on all flights.
In 2011 Virgin introduced new uniforms; new catering options on board; new wide body aircraft to compete with Qantas on Perth–Melbourne–Sydney services; and the concurrent introduction of business class in January 2012; together with a new livery and renaming of the brand from Virgin Blue to Virgin Australia.
Below are some of the liveries Virgin have had over the years.
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| VIRGIN BLUE B737-300 VH-VBY (CN 34323) |
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| VIRGIN BLUE B737-81Q VH-VO1 (CN 30786) |
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| VIRGIN BLUE B737-81Q (CN 30787) |
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| PACIFIC BLUE B737-8FE ZK-PBA (CN 33796) |
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| V AUSTRALIA B777-3ZGER VH-VPD (CN 37938) |
On the 4th May 2011 Virgin Australia announced it will change its name and colour scheme, below are a few liveries that Virgin Australia kicked off with to celebrate the change .
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ERJ 190 VH-ZPQ (CN 19000412) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-VUZ (CN 39921) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B777-3ZGER VH-VPE (CN 37939) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-NG VH-VUA (CN 33997) |
As of April 2017, the Virgin Australia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
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| Airbus A330-200 | 6 | — |
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| ATR 72-500 | 6 | — |
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| Former Virgin Australia Regional Airlines aircraft
Fleet to be reduced down to six by July 2017 |
| ATR 72-600 | 8 | — |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 76 | — |
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| Eighteen fleets are registered to Virgin Australia International Airlines
Three are wet-leased to Tigerair Australia |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | — | 40 |
| To be delivered between 2019 and 2021 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 5 | — |
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| All registered to Virgin Australia International Airlines |
| Embraer E190 | 12 | — |
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| To be retired by the end of 2017 |
| Total | 115 | 40 |
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