So, I have a holiday short-stay with family in Mackay just after Christmas.

From Sydney, there is a stop in Brisbane then a smaller plane takes us further north towards the scorching Queensland coastline. To my surprise, I have just received an email notifying me that Alliance Aviation will be making the flight on behalf of Virgin Australia in a Fokker jet. Never mind the fact their entire fleet is 20+ years old and mostly retired (no longer in production) aircraft models.

Just interesting to note that even without booking through alliance, they obviously still get a cut. Though I wonder exactly how that arrangement works?

Surely to not lose the sale and keep customers flying, Virgin would swap the fee so the commission is on their end and the larger portion goes to Alliance, no?

Looking forward to a safe flight. Or four!