Virgin Australia Voyeur — December 2017

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DECEMBER 2017 VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

Virgin Australia has a host of codeshare partners, giving access to an expansive global

network, exclusive travel benefits and reciprocal frequent-flyer rewards and recognition.

GOING GLOBAL

AIR NEW ZEALAND

Virgin Australia’s alliance

with Air New Zealand

operates over 200 flights

per week and connects 39

destinations throughout

Australia with 21 destinations

within New Zealand.

DELTA AIR LINES

Virgin Australia’s direct

services to Los Angeles

from Brisbane, Melbourne

and Sydney connect on to

Delta’s network of nearly

250 destinations across

North America.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS

Virgin Australia’s

partnership with Etihad

Airways, national carrier of

the UAE, enables seamless

connections to Europe, the

Middle East and Africa from

Australia via Abu Dhabi.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES

Virgin Australia’s alliance

partner, Singapore Airlines,

and its regional wing,

SilkAir, currently operate

flights from Australia to

Singapore and into Asia,

Europe and Africa.

HONG KONG AIRLINES

Virgin Australia’s partnership

with Hong Kong Airlines

ofers a weekly schedule of

up to 12 return flights from

Australia to Hong Kong,

with onward connections

into mainland China.

OUR OTHER

PARTNERSHIPS

Aerolineas Argentinas

Aeromexico

Air Austral

Air Calédonie International

Air Canada

Air China

Air India

Air Mauritius

Air Serbia

Alitalia

All Nippon Airways

Asiana Airlines

Bangkok Airways

Capital Airlines

Cathay Dragon

Cathay Pacific Airways

China Airlines

China Eastern

China Southern Airlines

Eva Air

Fiji Airways

Garuda Indonesia

Hainan Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines

KLM

Korean Air

Malaysia Airlines

Philippine Airlines

Qatar Airways

Royal Brunei Airlines

Scoot

Sichuan Airlines

SilkAir

South African Airways

Thai Airways

Tianjin Airlines

Vietnam Airlines

Virgin America

Virgin Atlantic

Xiamen Air

With boughs of holly decking the halls (and malls), fairy lights

twinkling along every street, and British cheer at its festive

best, London is the ideal Christmas destination.

Shrugging of the spirit of Scrooge, the UK capital fully

embraces the season with a mixture of bright decorations,

fun events, traditional music and plenty of shopping.

Fly in with Etihad Airways on any of its six daily flights

out of Australia, then head down to Regent Street, where more

than 300,000 lights line the road in vivid, elaborate canopies.

You can join the fleet of foot on one of the many outdoor

ice rinks around the city; try the rink at the Natural History

Museum, which enjoys the institution’s grand Romanesque

buildings as its backdrop, and runs until 7 January 2018.

Visit Westminster Abbey for a carol concert that will make

the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Take in the

evocative music — and add your own voice to the choir.

Finally, put aside time to shop. Harrods is a favourite for its

window displays, while one-time epicentre of cool, Carnaby

Street, has its own distinctive feel. And, if you can bear the

crowds, Oxford Street has every high street shop you could want.

With so much colour and activity, there is no better time

to pay a visit to London than during the Christmas period.