Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) has announced that it will formally launch its new Virgin Australia Cargo unit on July 1, 2015, one day after its existing exclusive arrangement with Toll Group ceases on June 30.
“Virgin Australia will now actively compete in the domestic and short haul international cargo market for the first time,” Merren McArthur, Group Executive – Virgin Australia Cargo, said. “We will leverage the famous Virgin Australia customer focused culture to deliver exceptional service at competitive rates."
Toll Aviation (Brisbane Archerfield) is, for the moment, the designated freight provider for all Virgin Australia domestic services - except for those operated by Virgin Australia Regional (VA, Perth International). Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Freight is the designated freight provider for services operated by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines on Fokker 50, F100 and A320-200 aircraft, between Perth International and Albany, WA, Broome, Derby Curtin, Geraldton, WA, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Kununurra and Ravensthorpe.
Virgin Australia also offers bellyhold freight capacity on its fleet of six A330-200s and five B777-300ERs (operated by Virgin Australia International (VA, Brisbane International)).
