Talk:Virgin Australia Regional Airlines


 * The assertion that share prices will treble has no citations, sources or explanations for why this may be the case. It smells like a feeble attempt at stimulating demand for the thing it is discussing (i.e. dual listing). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.207.238 (talk) 12:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Clarification required.
It says in the Article w/o reference: "Then in 1983 Skywest proposed to merge with East-West Airlines, who were both owned at the time by the Devereaux group."

Can this be substantiated? IMO East-Weest was then owned by Bryan Grey and Duke Minks, respectively their East-West Development Pty. Ltd..

Correct seems to me rather:

"In December 1983 it was attempted to sell East-West for "more than AUD 20 million" according to industry sources to Perth-based Skywest Airlines. In particular the NSW government opposed the plan."

Oalexander-En (talk) 15:50, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Article has already been moved without discussion
I notice someone moved the Skywest article to 'Virgin Australia Regional Airlines' without any discussion. Yes, Skywest has been absorbed and subsumed by the Virgin Australia group. However, the alternative is to leave the existing article, under the Skywest name, to stand as a historic document of how Skywest Airlines was. I would prefer the Skywest article to remain.-- Lester  07:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, seems a bit silly to go and change every single reference of 'Skywest' to Virgin. If there's no objections I will happily undo my changes. Stevo345 (talk) 03:49, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If you are suggesting that the page move be undone, then I oppose that, but certainly all mentions of Skywest pre-takeover should remain in the article, as that was the company's name at the time the events took place. YSSYguy (talk) 10:33, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I Would normally agree with YSSYguy, it was done this way for Virgin Blue > Virgin Australia. But they have bought out another company and turned it into Virgin. But it isn't technically a new company so i am not sure what is best to be honest. --JetBlast (talk) 10:57, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If the company had been shut down and relaunched, as Qantas did with Impulse/Jetstar, then a new article would be appropriate, but the only thing being changed is the name; it's still a separate airline using the same aircraft operating under the same AOC.
 * Ditto per YSSYguy, it's not a shutdown and a creation of a new airline using a existing AOC (ala Impulse into Jetstar), but it is a direct takeover of Skywest using their existing assets and AOC. Article should stay where it is, but the history and references to Skywest should remain. Sb617 (Talk) 00:12, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * We have articles about Hazelton Airlines, East-West Airlines (Australia), Impulse Airlines. For the reader, it's easier to leave the historic articles as they are, with the new article linking to it.-- Lester  01:50, 9 May 2013 (UTC)