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VIRGIN Blue says a strike at Boeing headquarters has forced it to delay the launch of its long-haul offshoot V Australia until February.
V Australia was due to commence flights from Sydney to Los Angeles on December 15.
Virgin Blue said Boeing had advised it of the delay and said it cannot predict the duration of the dispute at its Seattle plant and therefore could not guarantee the delivery date of V Australia's launch aircraft.
V Australia has three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in the advanced stage production at the plant.
Virgin Blue said it had a revised the V Australia launch date and expects its offshoot to commence services on February 28, 2009.
V Australia's Brisbane to Los Angeles direct services, due to launch on March 1, 2009, are not affected, the carrier said.
Boeing ceased to assemble aircraft at the Seattle plant when a strike broke out on September 6 and 27,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers downed tools.
Virgin Blue said should the industrial dispute be resolved in the short term, the airline would move swiftly to bring forward V Australia's start-up schedule.
"The impact of the serious delay would be addressed between Virgin Blue and The Boeing Company at a later date," the carrier said.
Starting today, V Australia will commence contacting all guests booked to travel from 15 December, 2008 to 16 January, 2009 to offer alternative arrangements.
The airline has also suspended further advance ticket sales for travel between 15 December and 28 February in case the Boeing strike, now in its fourth week, should be prolonged.
Virgin Blue said the strike had no bearing on services operated by Virgin Blue, Pacific Blue or Polynesian Blue.