More than 3,000 Virgin Australia team members and their families last weekend celebrated the arrival of the airline’s first fuel-efficient Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
Fresh from the Boeing factory in Seattle and featuring that new plane smell, the Max 8 aircraft marks an important milestone in the transformation of Virgin Australia with its fleet renewal programme well underway.
The first Boeing 737 Max aircraft is one of 33 fuel-efficient Max 8 and larger Max 10 aircraft Virgin Australia has on order.
With the arrival of the 737 Max, Virgin Australia has also revealed its new business class and economy cabin interior, as well as confirming plans to refresh the interior cabins on the airline’s remaining Boeing fleet, as part of an investment of approximately A$110 million to improve th...