V Australia take off to Thailand & South Africa

V Australia, the international offshoot of Australian Airline Virgin Blue has announced the expansion of its network adding two new destinations. The airline will add services to Phuket (Thailand) from Brisbane and Melbourne, plus flights between Melbourne and Johannesburg (South Africa). In addition there with also be increased services to Los Angeles with twice weekly flights between Melbourne and LA. The airline has also applied to fly between Australia and Fiji and says it's keen to keep expanding its network for its customers.

The implementation schedule for the above services is outlined below:

• Brisbane to Phuket - twice weekly from 22 Nov 2009.
• Melbourne to Phuket - once per week from 3 Dec 2009.
• Melbourne to Los Angeles - twice weekly from 1 Dec 2009.Melbourne to Johannesburg - one per week from 13 Mar 2010. (In time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in S.Africa)

It is great to see that even in these turbulent times for the aviation industry where many airlines are cutting services at least some Airlines are still expanding their network and providing customers with greater flying options and prices to match. See the V Australia website for introductory sale prices in economy and business classes.