Yankee Doodle Dandy – V Australia

V Australia celebrates American Independence Day by announcing direct flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles. New flights to offer travellers freedom of choice from 1 March 2009 - $1234* return economy fares on sale at www.vaustralia.com.au or via www.virginblue.com.au

Australia’s newest international airline, V Australia, has announced it will launch direct flights between Brisbane, Queensland and Los Angeles, California, from early next year.

Brisbane-Los Angeles is the second route to be announced for V Australia which will take off on its inaugural flight between Sydney and Los Angeles on 15th December 2008^.

V Australia will launch three flights a week between Brisbane and Los Angeles from 1st March 2009^. The carrier will operate Boeing 777-300ER aircraft configured to a three class cabin offering International Business Class, International Premium Economy Class and International Economy class.

V Australia will direct its third 777-300ER aircraft to the Brisbane-Los Angeles route and carried out extensive research before deciding to commit the resources to operating a trans-Pacific flight to and from Brisbane. Only one other airline currently operates direct services between the two cities, making it ripe for competition.

Scott Swift continued, “Sydney-LA may be the busiest route between Australia and Los Angeles but V Australia is also eager to give the Brisbane-Los Angeles route a red hot go and we are keen to help ramp up visitor numbers to the state of Queensland.”

V Australia will initially introduce three direct flights a week between Brisbane and LA on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and is confident its attractive fares, convenient direct flight and Virgin style product and people will prove a successful formula.

To kick off the new service, V Australia today announced 1,234 economy seats from 19 destinations in Australia to Los Angeles (via Brisbane or Sydney) for the return fare of $1234* return inclusive of all taxes and charges of approximately $415 (available only on the Internet). The sale fare is available from 2pm today until sold out.

Every day return economy fares will start from $2087 return which is 17% lower than the current lowest available published fare on the route for the same travel period (as at 9am Friday 4 July 2008).

For V Australia Airlines bookings, log on to www.vaustralia.com.au or via www.virginblue.com.au, call 138 287 or contact your local travel agent.