Virgin Australia vies for new routes to London with Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Australia is working on a new code share agreement with its British cousin that would open new routes for it to the UK. Virgin Australia airline applied to the International Air Services Commission Friday to modify its permit to code share with Virgin Atlantic on flights to Hong Kong and the US. The airline would not comment on its intentions Friday, but if granted the agreement would mean passengers could book flights between Australia and London via Hong Kong or Los Angeles on a single ticket. Virgin Australia sells flights to London from Australia, but they are operated entirely by either SIA or Etihad, which are both code share partners and 20% owners of the Australian airline. <br/>