Virgin’s former chief pilot alleges the airline’s boss bullied him after a dust-up with the union and allegations he was part of an “Ansett old boys’ club”.
The bosses of both Qantas and Virgin are hoping to get an edge in the post-pandemic travel boom.
Virgin has lodged its defence claim against former senior pilot Michael Fitzgerald,saying his case is “not properly pleaded” and open to being dismissed.
Virgin Australia chief Jayne Hrdlicka believes scenes of travel chaos seen during Easter will be gone by next school holidays.
At Tennis Australia,the question has to be asked:is there anything you can do that will lose you your job?
Virgin Australia has cancelled almost one-in-four of its flights scheduled for January and February as the Omicron COVID-19 outbreak disrupts crew availability and dents travel demand.
Virgin Australia will lease nine more Boeing 737s over the next six months as it anticipates a post-vaccination rebound in domestic travel.
Qantas will next week report a headline-grabbing statutory pre-tax loss of more than $2 billion.
In our increasingly polarised society it may be difficult to believe that it is not a binary choice between aggressive lockdowns and letting the virus spread in order to save the economy.
Australia has two problems with COVID vaccination:hesitancy among too many citizens and - even if we were all queuing up for the jab - global supply of vaccines.
You might have expected the PM to agree with the Virgin boss on the cost of opening up. Instead,he rounded on her with the reliability of a Cartier watch.