V Australia launched yesterday. They will be flying SYD-LAX and fares start at AU$999 (promotion).

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...74-664,00.html
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1601
http://news.smh.com.au/branson-vows-...0401-22xw.html

Unfortunately (for VX) they have announced Northwest as their code share partner. I wonder how long it'll be before they partner with VX? Or what will be required to allow them to?

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...10347/1001/BIZ