Virgin Unite - Red Jet Foundation

Red Jet Foundation

Virgin Australia’s foundation, Red Jet, was established in 2006. Red Jet fundraises in times of crisis and this year supported the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal for the Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi, as well as those affected by the earthquake devastation in Christchurch, New Zealand in late February 2011.


With a large amount of our domestic flying departing or arriving in Queensland and the Virgin Australia and Pacific Blue head offices located in Brisbane and Christchurch, these natural disasters had an impact on many of our team members and our Guests.

In response, Red Jet and the Virgin Australia team members and Guests provided more than $1.75 million worth of cash and in-kind support, including:

• A $250,000 donation from Virgin Australia to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal
• A $61,239 donation from Virgin Australia team members to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal, which was then matched dollar for dollar by Red Jet
• $637,881 raised through on-board donations from Virgin Australia Guests for the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal
• $123,385 raised through on-board donations from Virgin Australia Guests for the Christchurch Mayoral Fund and the New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Fund
• $684,175 worth of Velocity points donations by Guests for the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal
• Crisis flights to the value of $443,894 for the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal – for St John’s Ambulance, State Emergency Service, Salvation Army, Department of Community Safety, Department of Community Services and Standards and the Red Cross.


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