Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) will use a recently launched wet-leased agreement with Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) for two B777-300ERs to assess the opportunities for the return to in-house widebody operations, chief executive officer Dave Emerson said during a CAPA event in Cairns. However, any such decision is still years away.

“We will monitor the performance of these flights [to Doha Hamad International on Qatar Airways’ metal] and see what the economics look like,”…

Source: ch aviation
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