Original article by Jamie Freed
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 : 3-Aug-15
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will increase its capacity following the $A15.1m acquisition of two Fokker 100s. Alliance Aviation Services secured a deal to sell the airplanes in May 2015, but the identity of the buyer had not previously been disclosed. Qantas has also been actively increasingly its fleet of aircraft servicing regional routes, and has advised that the Network Aviation airline in Western Australia will adopt the QantasLink name.
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA REGIONAL AIRLINES PTY LTD, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, NETWORK AVIATION PTY LTD, QANTASLINK, ALLIANCE AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED – ASX AQZ, BHP BILLITON IRON ORE PTY LTD, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, ADITYA BIRLA MINERALS LIMITED – ASX ABY, CONSOLIDATED MINERALS LIMITED, REGIONAL EXPRESS AIRLINES, REGIONAL EXPRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX REX, SKYWEST AIRLINES LIMITED