Virgin Australia absorb Pacific Blue and V Australia

New Zealand-based Pacific Blue and long-haul offshoot V Australia are now operating under the Virgin Australia banner. Pacific Blue’s 17 737s will be refurbished in the first half of calendar 2012, while the cabin interiors on the five V Australia 777-300ERs have also been planned. “Now that our international airlines are all operating under the Virgin brand, our focus is on redesigning the product in the air to ensure a first-rate travel experience across all of our airlines,” Virgin chief executive John Borghetti said in a statement.