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Australia-Singapore travel returns but it's not the bubble we wanted
Oct 01, 2020, 06:26 AMShame that it’s a country that continues to treats its migrant workers so awfully.
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Bain, Cyrus are finalists to buy Virgin Australia
Jun 03, 2020, 10:32 PMQantas aren't there to cater to FFers who are price conscious while wanting all the status benefits. They are in the business to sell fares for the most amount of money they can. Something they as a business do very well regardless of whether you think their fares are too high or if their service...
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Friday deadline for Virgin Australia's billion-dollar buyers
May 11, 2020, 05:07 PMIf there is such sufficient demand and customers why didn't they make any money for the last 7years, during which qantas posted some of its best profits in history?
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20 cashed-up buyers circle Virgin Australia for a sale by June 30
Apr 30, 2020, 05:24 PMI love when people are sitting around saying VA is going to be fine. It's not. That's why it escalated from “we have a large cash reserve” to Scurrah asking the feds 8 times for cash and then calling in the administrators 5 weeks into this.The business made no money. The service it delivered was ...
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Virgin Australia Mk II: "everything is on the table"
Apr 24, 2020, 04:41 PMInternational was such a good money maker they kept switching Los Angels back and forth on Brisbane and Melbourne (at the same time according to DOT documents making some of the lowest margins on trans pacific). They made so much money on Hong Kong... they made lots of money through Abu Dhabi and...
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Jetstar to start direct flights between the Gold Coast and Seoul
May 03, 2019, 10:41 AMReturn flights ICNOOL (overnight Wed, Fri, Sun) are JQ50 and also tag to SYD
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Jetstar to start direct flights between the Gold Coast and Seoul
May 03, 2019, 10:40 AMJetstar will being flying to Seoul Incheon from Gold Coast beginning Dec 8. Running thrice weekly Wed, Fri, Sun as JQ49. Flight will begin in Sydney, departing INT T1 as a tag flight (or so it’s showing in the system on some days). This will result in end of MELSIN flights.
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Worried about Virgin's new Melbourne-Hong Kong route
Jun 04, 2017, 01:08 PMIts VA's consistent problem. Can't command the fares or have the network to compete, but too expensive to make any money.
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Worried about Virgin's new Melbourne-Hong Kong route
Jun 03, 2017, 10:54 AMThe fares have started to fall. Newest sale is for prices from $585. By no means super low but I doubt there are many people paying much more than sale prices for the flights...
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In view of the current heightened terrorist alert, I question the policy of z...
Apr 22, 2015, 01:53 PMbecause I always feel 'secure' and 'comfortable' when passing through the security theatre of TSA. Its not like there would be a security risk if you were taking someone else's flight for them, you still have to go through security. I'd much prefer our current system as long as security screening...