Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

This article is about the Australian airline formerly called Skywest Airlines. For the similarly-named airline in the United States, see SkyWest Airlines.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Fokker 100
IATA ICAO Call sign
VA VOZ VELOCITY
Founded1963 (1963)
(as Carnarvon Air Taxis)
HubsPerth Airport
Frequent-flyer programVelocity
Fleet size6
Destinations14
Parent companyVirgin Australia Holdings
HeadquartersPerth, Western Australia, Australia
Key peopleNick Rohrlach (Group Executive)
Employees450
Websitewww.virginaustralia.com

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) is an Australian regional airline based in Perth, servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia as well as interstate destinations such as Adelaide and Darwin. Formerly known as Skywest, in April 2013, the airline was purchased by Virgin Australia Holdings as its new regional offshoot. On 21 April 2020, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines' parent company, Virgin Australia Holdings went into voluntary administration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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