Robyn Tongol

Phil Tarrant, Adam Thorn and Christian “Boo” Boucousis ask whether Virgin’s new strategy will work and fend off Qantas and Rex?

After an exhausting six months, Virgin CEO Paul Scurrah appears on the Australian Aviation Podcast to discuss saving the airline and planning its comeback.

On a humid morning in Sydney’s Barangaroo district, Louis Belanger-Martin leaned over a conference table with schematics of Airbus A350 cabins. His voice cut through the air-conditioned silence as he pointed to a rendering of seatback screens. “This isn’t about pixels,” he told the room of sceptical airline executives. “It’s about rewriting the psychology of