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Monday, September 08, 2003
Virgin Blue applies to start up New Zealand subsidiary
Discount airline Virgin Blue, part of British entrepreneur Richard Branson's corporate empire, said Monday it has begun advertising for staff to start up a subsidiary in New Zealand.
David Huttner, Virgin Blue's head of communications and strategy, said the airline will meet with New Zealand officials over the next few weeks to seek permission to fly into, out of and within New Zealand.
Huttner said the size of the operation "will depend on what resources are available to us,'' and whether a proposed alliance between rival carriers Qantas and Air New Zealand is approved by Australian and New Zealand competition regulators.
The regulators, which have previously opposed the alliance, are to give final rulings on the proposal this month.
"Given the right conditions, we anticipate we can grab the same 30 percent share of the market we have in Australia,'' Huttner told The Associated Press.
He said Virgin had placed advertisements in weekend newspapers in New Zealand for cabin crew and other ground staff in anticipation of the airline's start up there.
Virgin Blue is Australia's fastest growing airline. In May, the company reported a pretax profit of 158 million Australian dollars (US$102 million) for the fiscal year ending March 31, up from A$47 million in the previous year.
It has carved out a niche in Australia's air travel market since it moved into the country three years ago to take on the two major Australian domestic carriers - Qantas Airways and Ansett Airlines - on the main east coast routes.
Ansett was placed into liquidation and grounded in 2001, allowing Virgin to expand its services throughout the country on routes that would previously have been difficult to muscle into.
- AP
Virgin Blue applies to start up New Zealand subsidiary
Discount airline Virgin Blue, part of British entrepreneur Richard Branson's corporate empire, said Monday it has begun advertising for staff to start up a subsidiary in New Zealand.
David Huttner, Virgin Blue's head of communications and strategy, said the airline will meet with New Zealand officials over the next few weeks to seek permission to fly into, out of and within New Zealand.
Huttner said the size of the operation "will depend on what resources are available to us,'' and whether a proposed alliance between rival carriers Qantas and Air New Zealand is approved by Australian and New Zealand competition regulators.
The regulators, which have previously opposed the alliance, are to give final rulings on the proposal this month.
"Given the right conditions, we anticipate we can grab the same 30 percent share of the market we have in Australia,'' Huttner told The Associated Press.
He said Virgin had placed advertisements in weekend newspapers in New Zealand for cabin crew and other ground staff in anticipation of the airline's start up there.
Virgin Blue is Australia's fastest growing airline. In May, the company reported a pretax profit of 158 million Australian dollars (US$102 million) for the fiscal year ending March 31, up from A$47 million in the previous year.
It has carved out a niche in Australia's air travel market since it moved into the country three years ago to take on the two major Australian domestic carriers - Qantas Airways and Ansett Airlines - on the main east coast routes.
Ansett was placed into liquidation and grounded in 2001, allowing Virgin to expand its services throughout the country on routes that would previously have been difficult to muscle into.
- AP
