Posts tagged "virgin"

The competition watchdog has rejected Virgin’s request for clearance to continue a five-year agreement with Alliance Aviation to jointly bid for fly-in fly-out contracts throughout the country.

If you're a frequent air traveller and a vegetarian, don't despair — you can fly Virgin instead of with the meat-eaters at Qantas.

The ACCC is expected to make its concerns clear about the proposed Qantas takeover of Alliance Airlines when it releases a statement of issues on Thursday.

"Overworked" outsourced ground crew at Qantas and several other airlines could strike next month over a new agreement they claim would see pay cuts doled out to experienced workers.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce's Sydney home was egged and strewn with toilet paper on Monday night as the daily traveller chaos continues for the national airline.

With borders open customers want to use loyalty points on flights, so the airlines have made it almost impossible to redeem them for business or first class seats, says Adam Schwab.

The ACCC has three key decisions before it that could have a big impact on the transport and trade sectors.

Globally, the main reason for the lack of large-scale airline bankruptcies has been government assistance.

In February, as the world was just coming to grips with COVID-19, Paul Scurrah watched Virgin Australia go into freefall.

Branson's autographed letter to Virgin's laid-off workers was laughable. But that's what happens when your default setting is marketing.

Virgin’s plan to sack 3,000 staff, axe Tigerair, streamline its fleet to Boeing 737s and cease long-haul international flying comes as no surprise.

Paul Scurrah says without the debt Virgin Australia will bounce back. But Australia has long found it difficult to sustain two major airlines.