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Virgin Australia sees stock drop after another earnings warning
TransportVirgin Australia Holdings Ltd., Australia’s second-largest carrier, dropped the most in 22 months in Sydney trading after forecasting that annual profit would slip for the third time in five years. The stock fell as much as 8.7 percent to 42 Australian cents, headed for the biggest drop since July 2011, before trading at 43 cents [...]
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Lufthansa and Virgin Australia launch in-flight entertainment streaming apps
TransportNearly all travelers that board a plane today are clutching a smartphone or tablet. Despite the movies or magazines offered by airlines, passengers are often glued to whatever pre-loaded content they’ve brought on their personal devices. Lufthansa Systems, the tech consulting arm of the eponymous airline, has a new solution that aims to bring airlines’ in-flight content [...]
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Virgin doubles its investment in Tourism Australia to fill the gap left by Qantas
TransportVirgin Australia has stepped in to fill a void in funding for Tourism Australia‘s marketing campaigns, sealing a new deal with the peak tourism body after rival airline Qantas’ shock decision to cut off financial ties. Virgin and Tourism Australia announced today that they were increasing their current partnership to $12 million over three years, [...]
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Virgin Australia tells flyers to bring their own devices to access free in-flight Wi-Fi
TransportVirgin Australia will launch the second stage of its inflight wireless entertainment system next month, with passengers able to play streaming video and music directly on their own tablets, laptops and smartphones rather than rely on airline-provided Samsung tablets. The airline will begin a month-long trial of the technology “in the next three to four [...]
