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Adam is a journalist who has worked for more than 40 media brands in the UK and Australia. Today, he mostly writes about aviation, space and defence.
The airline blamed “rising supplier costs, high airport fees and intensified competition in the region” for the shock move but insisted the aircraft would help support its domestic fleet renewal program.
Speaking at the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition, the former prime minister urged Australia to develop a stronger space capability that would be interoperable with systems from the US, UK and Japan.
Qatar announced last year it would purchase a stake in the Australian airline and, as part of the agreement, would wet lease aircraft and crew to Virgin so it could fly 28 services a week to the Middle Eastern country’s capital.
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