The criteria for those agreements vary from state to state. While the NSW government has set a dereg

Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti and global Virgin brandmeister Sir Richard Branson oversaw the new airline's debut at Perth Airport, where Borghetti said of the move "For us this is all upside, and for the others it is all downside."
toronto hotels And while the Skywest ports are mainly dotted around West Australia, Borghetti said he sees scope for expanding the network map, especially in Queensland and New South Wales on 'regulated routes' where state governments have decreed that Qantas or another airline toronto hotels is the sole carrier.
"It costs more to fly Brisbane-Roma return than Brisbane-Perth return on one of our A330 jets" Borghetti observed. "We know if ever we could get access to that route the costs would drop by 30% that's a given."
The criteria for those agreements vary from state to state. While the NSW government has set a deregulation trigger of 50,000 passengers on intrastate routes, approximately 150,000 passengers went through Roma Airport over the last 12 months, Virgin says.
Virgin's move into the regional market puts it on the same three-tier footing as Qantas with a full-service toronto hotels mainline carrier, a regional arm and a low-cost airline (in the form of Jetstar and Tiger Airways Australia).