2000 in aviation

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Chapters: Airlines disestablished in 2000, Airlines established in 2000, Aviation accidents and incidents in 2000, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Virgin Blue, Singapore Airlines Flight 006, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, Air France Flight 4590, Tower Air, 2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash, Crossair Flight 498, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455, Kalitta Air, Air Aruba, Gulf Air Flight 072, Air Caraïbes, MacAir Airlines, Kenya Airways Flight 431, TAESA, Varig Logística, Air Maldives, Transwest Air, British International Helicopters, Wuhan Airlines Flight 343, Legend Airlines, Jonathan Burton, Maldivian, Pro Air, Malév Flight 262, Air Corsica, Alliance Air Flight 7412, Jordan Aviation, Europe Airpost, Air Guadeloupe, Nacional Transportes Aéreos, Aero Airlines, VIM Airlines, Jatayu Airlines, Caribbean Star Airlines, Sky Airlines, Austin Express, Royal Khmer Airlines, Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378, Philippine Airlines Flight 812, Bulgarian Air Charter, Aria Air, Sita Air, Freebird Airlines, Air Martinique, Direktflyg, Siem Reap Airways International, JMC Air, Líneas Aéreas Azteca, Bluebird Cargo, Estafeta Carga Aérea, Affretair, Mountain Air, Air Philippines Flight 541, Welcome Air, SAETA, Flight Alaska, Angara Airlines, Air Andaman, Airstars, Roots Air, Air Caraïbes Atlantique, CityFlyer Express Flight 8106, Sky Trek International Air Lines, Jandakot Flight Centre, Avial NV, Ameristar Air Cargo, Centre-Avia, Regional Air, Aerocaribe Flight 7831, Air Bangladesh, Astral Aviation, Caledonian Airways, Icar Air, DutchBird, Zhongyuan Airlines, Aerogem Aviation, Trans Air Benin, Nova Airline, Tiko Air, Faso Airways, Manas Air, Red Sea Air, Kalahari Express Airlines, ALAK, Nouvelle Air Ivoire. Excerpt: Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd, formerly Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd, is Australia's second-largest airline as well as the largest by fleet size to utilise the Virgin brand. Now based in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the airline was founded by British businessman Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. It was established in 2000 with two aircraft operating on a single route, and suddenly found itself catapulted to the position of Australia's second airline after the collapse of Ansett Australia in September 2001. The airline has grown to directly serve 29 cities in Australia; with hubs at Brisbane Airport, Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport; using a fleet of narrow-body Boeing and Embraer jets and Airbus widebody jets. After several years operating as a low-cost carrier it improved its services to become a so-called (self-described) "new world carrier" - essentially a business model with aspects of the "no frills" approach of low-cost carriers but offering services more in line with full-service airlines - in order to compete more effectively with Qantas in the business travel market. In 2011 it took the strategy further with new uniforms; new catering on board; new widebody aircraft to compete with Qantas on Perth - Sydney services; and the concurrent introduction of business class; together with a new livery and a renaming to Virgin Australia. Virgin Blue's 50th Boeing 737 Virgin-ia Blue was the only aircraft in the fleet to be actually painted blue.Virgin Australia was launched as Virgin Blue on 31 August 2000, with two Boeing 737-400 aircraft, one leased from then-sister airline Virgin Express. Initially offering seven return flights a day between Brisbane and Sydney, this has since been expand...