Hopes raised for Virgin Blue alliance

Hot on the heels of Virgin Blue's recent profit upgrade, aviation watchers are seeing positives for the airline from American Airlines' and British Airways' success this week in winning tentative permission from the US Department of Transportation to deepen their trans-Atlantic alliance, pooling flights into London's Heathrow Airport.

Virgin Blue handed boost in bid for Delta tie-up

HOT on the heels of Virgin Blue's recent profit upgrade, aviation watchers are seeing positives for the airline from the success of American Airlines and British Airways in winning tentative permission from the US Department of Transportation to deepen their trans-Atlantic alliance, pooling flights into London's Heathrow Airport.