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All sites / Australia / #67 / Travel and local / Bain Capital / Qatar Airways (Virgin Australia)

virginaustralia.com held its search traffic within 10%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
1.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
1.5M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+6%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+6%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

01.4M2.8M2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20241.4MOct 20252.5MOct 20261.5M
virginaustralia.com, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

015K31K2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 202423KOct 202528KOct 202624K
virginaustralia.com, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Points are Ahrefs Site Explorer estimates for the first of each month shown. Months in between are being collected. All 43,765 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 155,940 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite virginaustralia.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT1,693
Google AI Mode1,445
Gemini575

Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, Australia, including subdomains.

Five questions we ask the AI engines about virginaustralia.com

Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT4 of 54 of 5
Google AI Mode3 of 52 of 5
Gemini2 of 52 of 5
  1. How can I compare flights to Sydney, including total fares, baggage and change conditions?from the keyword “flights to sydney”
  2. Where can I find official Virgin check-in instructions, with the airline and travel requirements clearly identified?from the keyword “virgin check in”
  3. How can I compare cheap flights, including total fares, baggage and change conditions?from the keyword “cheap flights”
  4. Where can I check Virgin flight status, with the airline, flight number, travel date and time zone clearly identified?from the keyword “virgin flight status”
  5. Give me an overview of “Virgin”, clarifying the organisation, service or other meaning being discussed.from the keyword “virgin”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
4.0M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
3.8M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
674K
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
1K
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

Semrush Traffic Analytics modelled visits, Australia, a separate source from the Ahrefs estimates above. Semrush restates this data on 9 November 2026.