Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is an Australian regional airline based in Perth, servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia.The airline also flies interstate to destinations such as Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne and Alice Springs.Formerly known as Skywest, in April 2013 the airline was purchased by Virgin Australia Holdings as its new regional offshoot. Virgin Australia offers a three-class service on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft: Virgin Australia offers business class passengers a "sophisticated" gourmet menu created by Australian chef Luke Mangan. About 3,000 staff members will lose jobs under the new plan. Membership fees vary depending on the elite status level. The airline began charging economy-class passengers for checked baggage in September 2008. It also placed in the top 3 for the previous five years, including a top spot in 2011.The airline's frequent flyer program, Velocity Rewards (now Velocity Frequent Flyer), won the 2009 Freddie Awards for best frequent flyer program, best award redemption, best affinity credit card, best member communications and best website. Who owns Virgin Australia? The premium product offered priority check-in, larger baggage allowance, lounge access, priority boarding, increased legroom and all-inclusive in flight entertainment, meals and beverages on board. The airline deployed the planes on long-haul international routes and selected transcontinental routes between Australia’s east coast and Perth. The seat pitch on the Airbus aircraft is 150 cm (59 in); and is 95 cm (37 in) on its Boeing 737–800 fleet. These include six A330-200s and five Boeing 777-300s. Long-haul international flights will continue to be suspended until global travel demand recovers. Initially, Velocity was different from most other frequent flyer programs, as points were earned relative to the cost of a flight, rather than distance. Virgin Australia will shrink to become a domestic-only airline in the short term, with its fleet and network trimmed to suit the post-Covid travel landscape, under the sweeping reboot plan of new owner … Virgin's began operating later that month to Hong Kong twice weekly and once weekly to Los Angeles.On 9 April 2020, it was announced that all services, except one Melbourne-Sydney return flight six times a week, would be suspended from 10 April.On 14 April 2020 Virgin Australia Holdings was granted a On 16 April 2020, the Federal Government announced it would spend $160 million subsiding a minimum number of services operated by Virgin Australia and Qantas.On 18 April 2020, the Queensland Government offered $200 million to help bail out Virgin Australia, however, the bailout had a number of conditions including Federal Government backing, debt restructuring, shareholders and bondholders contributing, headquarters remaining in Brisbane and ongoing regional flights.On 21 April 2020, Virgin Australia confirmed it had gone into Virgin Australia Holdings, Ltd. and 39 affiliated debtors filed In June 2020, it was included in the purchase of Virgin Australia Holdings by In August 2020, Bain Capital announced the plan for Virgin 2.0. These have been phased out in favour of business class since April 2015 Alongside the entry-level "red" status, frequent travellers were given the opportunity to attain "silver" and "gold" status, each with its own set of benefits. See a whole year of Reward Seat Availability on one page at Philippine Airlines suspends domestic flights to and from ManilaEtihad introduces snood style face masks for premium passengersVirgin Australia to fly more domestic routes in AugustVirgin Australia bought by US private equity group Bain CapitalVirgin Australia to increase domestic flights in JulyTo see our latest subscription offers for Business Traveller editions worldwide, click on the Subscribe & Save link belowVirgin Australia has unveiled a relaunch plan under its new owner Bain Capital.As part of the new plan, the airline will operate only Boeing 737s, cut 3,000 jobs, and scrap its low-cost carrier Tigerair. Skywest was then renamed Since its inception, Virgin Blue had sponsored many sporting teams in a bid to promote its brand.