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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-YFT (CN 41028) File Photo |
Bain Capital has announced Virgin Australia will operate only Boeing 737s, focusing on its domestic and short-haul networks, as it enters a post-administration future. As part of the “resetting…to meet lower global and Australian demand”, the carrier, which entered voluntary administration in April, will also be cutting about 3,000 Virgin staff, (6,000 staff will remain) and shutting down its low-cost arm Tigerair Australia.
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| TIGERAIR FLEET |
Outlining these measures in detail, Virgin Australia stresses that it will simplify its fleet “to realise cost efficiencies and remove operational complexity”. For mainline operations, the Brisbane-based carrier will operate only 737s, and eliminate their 777s,
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B777-3ZG VH-VOZ (CN 35302) |
Airbus A330s
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA A330-243 VH-XFJ (CN 1561) |
and ATR 72s from the fleet.
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ATR'S |
Cirium fleets data indicates that Virgin Australia has 27 737-800s in operation, and a further 35 in storage. It has another two 737-700 and 12 ATR 72s in storage. The carrier has 40 737 Max aircraft on order as well. Virgin Australia’s international division, meanwhile, has 12 737-800s and three 777-300ERs in operation. It has six A330-200s, three 737s and two 777s in storage. In its latest plans, Virgin Australia did not state how many 737s it will operate, or the fate of its 737 Max orders, which are deferred to 2021. The carrier will also discontinue its long-haul international network, choosing instead to focus on domestic and short-haul operations.
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