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Virgin Atlantic made waves when it announced a gender-neutral uniform policy last week – but an Australian airline quietly did it first.

The announcement is part of an ongoing “drive to champion the individuality of its people and customers”

Virgin Atlantic is to allow its flight crew to decide whether to wear its famous red uniforms or ditch them for gender-neutral trouser suits. The airline on Wednesday updated its “gender identity” policy to remove the requirement for women to wear skirts and men to wear trousers. The new uniforms,…

Virgin Atlantic will also provide badges with pronoun markers which will be freely available at the check in desk and Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse from today, in an inclusivity drive

Airline reflects diversity of workforce with policy on its Vivienne Westwood-designed outfits

'As a non-binary person, it allows me to be myself at work and have the choice in what uniform I wear'

Male staff now able to wear one of the airline’s famous red skirts

The airline will also offer optional pronoun badges for staff and passengers

The airline announced that its pilots, cabin crew and ground staff now have the option of wearing its red or burgundy uniforms.