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Speaking to Australian Aviation for an upcoming podcast, Tim Jordan said the business could target a fleet of 10 aircraft by the end of the year.
The team discuss whether the film is too smart for its own good, endangering safety, or whether the airline’s critics simply hold a grudge.
Speaking to Adam Shirley on ABC Radio this week, Dr Andrew Leigh reiterated the government’s line that allowing extra Qatar flights into major airports was “not in the national interest”, but urged the Middle Eastern carrier to bring back flights to the nation’s capital.
The feature, piloted in May 2023 and rolled out on 70 per cent of Virgin flights in August, allows what Virgin bills as end-to-end tracking via its app, with push notifications when a bag is checked in, loaded, transferred, and unloaded, as well as advising which carousel to collect from.
On its first “Bonzaversary”, the low-cost carrier claimed it had saved passengers more than $125 million in its first year, based on the difference between its own average airfares and those of other airlines on routes where they compete.
Danielle Keighery, who was Virgin’s chief experience officer before the airline went into administration during the pandemic, will take over from Andrew McGinnes as Qantas’ chief corporate affairs and communications officer on 1 March.
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