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Virgin Australia launching LA flights from Melbourne next year
Sunday, 21 Sep, 2016
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Virgin Australia will launch direct flights from Melbourne to Los Angeles next year.
Virgin will operate Melbourne-LAX flights five times weekly with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft beginning April 4, 2017.
"The United States is a key market for Virgin Australia and this enables us to service Los Angeles from the three biggest gateways in Australia – Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney," said Virgin Australia Group CEO John Borghetti.
To accommodate the new flights from Melbourne, Virgin will slightly decrease frequency on the Brisbane-LAX route from seven to six per week from April 7, 2017.
"In partnership with Delta Air Lines, we will soon offer 25 services each week from Australia to Los Angeles and remain the only trans-Pacific alliance to offer Business Class guests lie flat beds with direct aisle access on all services," Borghetti added.
Virgin also announced the upcoming launch of three weekly flights from Perth to Abu Dhabi using Airbus A330-200 aircraft from June 2017.
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