Virgin Blue: discount airfares Australia
Virgin Blue is one of Australia’s leading budget airlines, not only providing low cost service and a genuine friendly atmosphere in-flight, but winning awards for doing it so well. The Virgin group, which includes Virgin Blue, has proven to be an international force and here in Australia the quality of service rivals that of other major airlines, for only a fraction of the price.
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UWhere Does Virgin Blue Fly?
Domestically, Brisbane based Virgin Blue flies to 22 destinations in Australia, including all capital cities and many other metropolitan centres. Virgin has a particular focus on destination in Queensland, with most of the coastline being accessible on the Virgin Blue network. Destinations include, but are not limited to Townsville, Mackay, Fraser Coast, Hamilton Island, Rockhampton, and Coffs Harbour.
Virgin Blue also flies to a handful of close nations, including New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tonga and Samoa. However the extended Virgin Group network gives Virgin customers access to the rest of the world.
Virgin Cheap Flights Special Services and Offers
Virgin Blue like most other major airlines has a rewards program for frequent fliers – Velocity Rewards. The rewards program allows members to redeem point in exchange for Virgin Blue and international flights, as well as selecting items from their online shopping service. Each dollar spent on Virgin Blue flights will accumulate 6 velocity points for you to use as you wish. There are no maximum reserved seating allocation for members redeeming points, so you can choose to go wherever and whenever you want without restriction.
Virgin Blue also has a ‘Happy Hour’ every day at 12pm, where special deals and cheap flights are abundant.
Awards Winning Service from Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue continues to impress both passengers and organisations within the airline industry. Some of the more recent awards taken by Virgin Blue include:
- Best National Airline and Best Regional Airline 2006 - AFTA (Australian Federation of Travel Agents) National Travel Industry Awards.
- Best Low-Cost Airline Australia/Pacific 2006 - Skytrax World Airline Awards
- Best Award Redemption (Japan, Pacific, Asia, Australia) for Velocity Rewards – Voted by Frequent Flyers world wide in the Freddie Awards
The Virgin Blue Aircraft Fleet
Virgin Blue flies with 2 different types of aircraft – the Boeing 737-800 carrying around 180 passengers and 737-700 carrying 144 passengers. These two aircraft have proven to be safe and reliable allowing Virgin Blue to maintain an on-time performance level of around 88%.
