Virgin Australia Launches Canberra Perth Flights
Virgin Australia Launches Canberra Perth Flights Virgin Australia will join Qantas in catering to the sharply defined "WA-based Federal Politician" market with the launch of flights between Canberra and Perth. The pollies,their partners and staffers-a group which includes 28 of Australia's 226 Federal members and senators,among them Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop,Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Minister for Employment and Women Michaelia Cash,along with three more ministers and two Liberal Party whips-will now have the option to fly with Virgin instead of Qantas when parliamentary is sitting. Virgin offer politicians membership to its exclusive The Club which goes head to head with the Qantas Chairman's Lounge-and of course,both have invitation-only private lounges at Canberra and Perth. Virgin's new service will run on a Boeing 737 aircraft.The time duration for the flight will be 4 hours and 40 minutes per Flight. #Virgin_Austral...