Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
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This article is about the former Skywest Airlines. For the similarly-named airline in North America, see SkyWest Airlines.
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.[1] On 21 April 2020, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines' parent company, Virgin Australia Holdings went into voluntary administration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
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Founded | 1963 as Carnarvon Air Taxis | ||||||
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Hubs | Perth Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Velocity | ||||||
Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
Destinations | 10 | ||||||
Parent company | Virgin Australia Holdings | ||||||
Headquarters | Perth, Australia | ||||||
Key people | Nathan Miller, Executive General Manager | ||||||
Website | www |
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