Brisbane Airport: Virgin Australia to be the first jet to depart from new runway

6 July, 2020

Brisbane Airport stated (04-Jul-2020) Virgin Australia will be the first airline to depart on Brisbane Airport's new runway when it officially opens on 12-Jul-2020, after eight years of construction and five decades of planning. To mark the anniversary of the inaugural service between Brisbane and Tropical North Queensland by Barrier Reef Airways on 12-Jul-1947, Virgin Australia will operate a Boeing 737 aircraft between Brisbane and Cairns. [more - original PR]