Keen plane spotters are
advised to be on the lookout for the iconic red-and-white Virgin Australia tail
in the skies over Queenstown on Wednesday 2 November.
Flight VA161 is due to touch down from Sydney at 2.50pm, followed by
VA115 from Brisbane at 4.00pm. The Sydney flight marks the return of
Virgin Australia to New Zealand for the first time in 950 days.
Queenstown Airport CEO Glen Sowry said: “It will be great to see Virgin
Australia fly into Queenstown again on Wednesday afternoon. The return of
Virgin is an important milestone, as all four airlines that operated here
pre-COVID will again be flying in and out of Queenstown.”
“It’s also testament to how much Aussies love our Southern Lakes region that
Virgin has chosen Queenstown as the first New Zealand port they
are returning to.”
