Issue #397: Can Virgin make long-haul work again?

Can Virgin’s Miraculous Comeback Continue?

My Colleague, Jake Nelson, has been a busy man these past few months. It didn’t occur to me until far too late, but our senior journalist has penned almost half the issue! Luckily for us, he’s the best journalist on the beat and, for our website, has broken scores of agenda-setting exclusives.

For this issue, though, Jake takes a deep dive into some of the sector’s biggest talking points. First up, for our cover feature, he examines Virgin’s rise and fall and rise again. Australia’s number two carrier looked doomed during COVID-19, when it slumped into administration, shut Tigerair and even lost aircraft to Rex. How times have changed, though. Now Virgin is making a healthy profit for the first time in a decade and is cashed up with investment, as well as 777s from the big aviation beast Qatar.

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