Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines have resumed the sale of Virgin Australia codeshare flights to a host of destinations on Singapore Airlines’ global network. As part of the deal, passengers will now be able to book tickets directly on the Virgin Australia website for seamless travel between Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and beyond.
Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia formed a strategic partnership in 2011 for offering added travel benefits to passengers till the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thrilled to see the partnership return to pre-pandemic operations Virgin Australia Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Alistair Hartley, said: “Singapore Airlines has been a valued partner of Virgin Australia for well over a decade and we are excited to resume the sale of codeshare flights, creating a more seamless booking experience for our customers. Customers are now able to search and book flights to a host of destinations on Singapore Airlines’ global network directly via virginaustralia.com, including to popular tourist destinations across Asia and beyond.”
Singapore Airlines Senior Vice President of Marketing Planning, JoAnn Tan, said: “The return of the VA code on SIA flights provides even more opportunities for Australians to seamlessly explore the world, no matter where they are based. As more countries across Asia remove travel restrictions, it also opens Australia to travelers from these regions.”
Virgin Australia will codeshare on 42 destinations covering 23 countries on the Singapore Airlines network, including Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Seoul in South Korea, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Paris in Europe, London in the United Kingdom, and Jakarta in Indonesia, as well as Singapore Airlines’ home base of Singapore. Singapore Airlines continues to offer codeshare flights on 64 routes covering 31 destinations on Virgin Australia’s domestic and international network, including the addition of Queenstown in New Zealand.
The return of codeshare is the next step for both airlines to resume their services to pre-pandemic levels allowing customers to access a multitude of international and domestic destinations across both airlines’ networks, creating a world of seamless travel opportunities.