Virgin Australia said it was cancelling 34 domestic flights and one international flight from Melbourne on Sunday.
And the miles accrue not only on flights on Virgin America, but Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic as well.
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Singapore Airlines has increased its stake in Virgin Australia to tap into the Australian market and counter the strength of its rivals.
Etihad has stakes in Air Seychelles, Air Berlin, Virgin Australia and Aer Lingus, with these partner airlines contributing 19% of passenger revenues.
At Virgin America, a handful of flight attendants recently traded places with colleagues at Virgin Blue (now Virgin Australia) as part of a one-year exchange.
It has partnerships with Air Berlin, Air Seychelles and Virgin Australia, but also signed codeshare deals this quarter with Aer Lingus and China Eastern Airlines.
Last year, it bought 4% of Virgin Australia.
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It comes a day after Australia approved Virgin's deal to purchase a controlling stake in Singapore Airlines' associate budget carrier Tiger Airways Australia.
It would help, says Rowan Gormley of Virgin Direct (a joint venture between Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Australian Mutual Provident, Australia's biggest insurer), if regulation promoted clarity.
After Hawaii the PacX gliders will head on to Australia and Japan to join up with Virgin Oceanic.
The banks that will be allowed to bid are those that are small, such as Virgin Money or the shell company NBNK, or foreign, such as National Australia Bank.
And investors continue to be impressed by SIA's expansionist mode it recently bought 49% of Britain's Virgin Atlantic and 25% of Air New Zealand, which in turn owns Australia's No. 2 carrier Ansett.
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