Virgin Australia announced Friday that it would add four Boeing (NYSE) 737 Max 8 planes to its fleet in order to satisfy higher demand. The airline plans to reach pre-pandemic capacity for domestic flights by the middle of 2022.

Jayne Hrdlicka, CEO of Jayne Hrdlicka stated that “We’re on track to reach 100% pre-COVID domestic capability by June and we expect to be well above those levels by the year’s end.”

Bain Capital, the U.S.-based private equity firm, now owns Australia’s second largest airline. It also experienced high demand for contract flying in Western Australia and in the resource sector.

These four aircraft will increase the airline’s fleet to 88 737-series planes and they will be in service by next year. In 2020, Virgin Australia restructured https://www.reuters.com/article/virgin-australia-boeing-idINL4N2IO1IP its 737 MAX order to include more of the largest 737 MAX 10 variant and had pushed back on the smaller MAX 8.