Virgin Australia Mulling Own Widebody Aircraft Order

Virgin Australia has spoken about introducing widebodies back into the Brisbane-based airline’s fleet. However, any decision is likely to be years away, according to the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Dave Emerson. Currently, Virgin has partnered a deal with Doha-based Qatar Airways, a 25% shareholder in the Australian carrier, to which the Qatari airline is wet-leasing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to operate direct flights from Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney to Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH). Melbourne will also take off from December.