15 October 2021 | Customer

Virgin Australia welcomes NSW quarantine arrangements, extends free booking flexibility

  • The NSW Government will end quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers from 1 November 2021.
  • Virgin Australia has announced it will extend booking flexibility to 30 April 2022^. Read more here.

Virgin Australia has welcomed the arrangements foreshadowed by the NSW Government to end quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from 1 November 2021.

To mark the announcement, the airline has extended its Flexible Flying policy to 30 April 2022, to give travellers even more certainty and confidence to book their next trip.

Comments from a Virgin Australia Group spokesperson:

We welcome the arrangements foreshadowed by the NSW Government to end quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers.

It’s fantastic news for travellers, the aviation industry, and the thousands of businesses and communities in the state who rely on open borders and the economic injection that tourism provides.

Virgin Australia is fully supportive of all measures that help facilitate a safe return to open travel and to the way of life we all value so much.

We look forward to other states and territories also resuming inbound tourism for fully vaccinated travellers, once vaccination thresholds have been reached.

Speaking of Virgin Australia's extended booking flexibility, they said: Today is the start of a new chapter for Australian travel and to provide even more certainty and confidence for Virgin Australia customers to make a booking, we have extended our Flexible Flying policy to 30 April 2022. This means that all Virgin Australia customers will have peace of mind to make a booking now knowing they can change it fee-free if they need to.

For more information, visit: www.virginaustralia.com.

NOTES TO EDITOR

  • Virgin Australia will extend booking flexibility to 30 April 2022^, allowing customers to change the date of travel or cancel to travel credit, with change fees waived.
  • Virgin Australia Fiji services will resume on 16 December 2021 and will be the first international flights to be operated by the relaunched airline.
  • Virgin Australia is currently selling flights between Australia and Fiji from as low as $229 one-way*, inclusive of taxes. Bookings can be made at www.virginaustralia.com.
  • Virgin Australia plans to resume flights to Bali and New Zealand in 2022.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

*$229 price point based on a one-way Economy Lite fare from Sydney to Nadi booked at virginaustralia.com. Subject to availability. Payment surcharge may apply. Seat selection and checked baggage are not included in Economy Lite fares. Full T&Cs at www.virginaustralia.com.

^Changes must be made prior to travel date. Fare differences may apply. Cancellations with refund to other forms of payment as per fare rules. See virginaustralia.com for terms and conditions.