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Virgin Australia Holdings Limited is the holding company that owns and operates Virgin Australia and Tigerair Australia. It previously operated Pacific Blue Airlines and joint-venture airline Polynesian Blue which were absorbed into Virgin Australia in December 2011. Its head office is located in Bowen Hills, Brisbane. ==History== Virgin Blue Holdings was formed in 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Virgin Group. In 2001, the then Air New Zealand owned Ansett Australia made a buyout offer of $250 million which, was publicly rejected by Richard Branson. In 2002, Virgin came to an agreement with Patrick Corporation to invest in the airline, to allow it to grow into a national airline, filling the void following the demise of Ansett Australia. In return for a 50% share of the company, Patrick invested $260 million. At the time, the view was that Patrick's shareholding would also allow the company to benefit from their new shareholders political connections with the Howard Government, and also 'Greenwash' the company, allowing it to be described as Australian-owned. In 2003, Virgin Blue Holdings Limited was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange as Virgin Group sought to sell down its holdings.〔 In early 2005 Patrick launched a hostile takeover for Virgin Australia Holdings. Patrick had been unhappy for some time with the company's direction. By the closure of the offer, Patrick held 62% of the company, giving it control. Virgin Group retained a 25% share. In 2006, Patrick Corporation was taken over by Toll Holdings, who maintained the ownership of shares in Virgin Blue Holdings. In 2008 the group announced a plan to distribute 98.3% of its shares in the company to its shareholders, thus making itself no longer a majority stakeholder. At the time Toll Holdings owned 62.7% of the company and had previously attempted to sell the share to no avail. In January 2011, Air New Zealand purchased a 15% shareholding in Virgin Blue Holdings. In June 2013 this was increased to 23%.〔(Air NZ revealed as buyer of 3pc additional Virgin stake ) ''The Australian'' 6 June 2013〕 In September 2012, Etihad Airways purchased a 10% shareholding, this was later increased to 20%. In October 2012, Singapore Airlines bought a 10% stake in Virgin Australia Holdings.〔(Singapore Airlines buys 10% stake in Virgin Australia ) ''BBC News'' 30 October 2012〕 In April 2013 this was increased to 20%.〔(Singapore ups Virgin stake to 20 per cent ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 24 April 2013〕 In October 2012, Virgin Australia Holdings announced it had purchased a 60% stake in Tiger Airways Australia with the transaction concluded in July 2013.〔(Tiger air becomes part of Virgin ) News.com.au 8 July 2013〕 Tiger would continue to operate as a low cost subsidiary of Virgin Australia for 20 years. In April 2013, Virgin Australia Holdings completed its acquisition of regional airline Skywest Airlines and rebranded it Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. In October 2014, Virgin Australia Holdings announced plans to acquire the 40% stake of Tigerair Australia still held by Tiger Airways Holdings for $1, giving Virgin full ownership. Virgin would retain the Tigerair name and acquire the brand rights for Tigerair to operate to some international destinations from Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virgin Australia Holdings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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