Virgin Blue is Australia’s second largest airline and over the last year has seen a significant increase in its service users.  Virgin Blue introduced V Australia Airlines in March 2008 which is a premium three class international airline and predicted make a considerable difference to the number of Virgin Blue flyers.

According to Virgin Blue Holdings, the number of passengers for March was 1.504 million, which is an increase of 15.6% from the same month the previous year. The number of seats that were filled per flight has also increased from 0.1% to a staggering 80.8% in March over a year. Virgin Blue has seen a rise in its traffic by 10.2% and passenger numbers have escalated by 7.8% from 2007. The only area where Virgin Blue has seen a worse performance from the pervious year is punctuality, which has dropped from 88% to 80%.

Virgin Blue is becoming increasingly popular in Australia, and as the second largest Australian airline, threatens to dominate the Australian aviation industry.

To see more about Virgin Blue and the services they offer see http://www.virginblue.com.au/