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What we compareVirgin AustraliaAirnorth
Country in archiveAustraliaAustralia
Founded20001978
FounderRichard Branson and Brett Godfrey—
HeadquartersSouth Bank, Queensland, AustraliaDarwin, Australia, Australia
Name originThe airline launched as Virgin Blue in 2000. The Virgin part comes from Richard Branson's Virgin Group, and Blue came from an open naming competition, as a play on the red livery and the Australian slang for a red-haired man. It became Virgin Australia in 2011.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the Airnorth name.
HighlightsBoeing 737, V Australia 777-300ERDarwin International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo20001978
Latest archived logo20221978
Archived logo assets51

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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