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Virgin Australia’s tie-up with Qatar Airways is gathering steam, with the ACCC giving interim approval to sell tickets on 28 weekly wet-leased services to Doha, while the airline has officially applied to the IASC for all the available capacity.
There may be turbulence ahead, however, with the influential Transport Workers’ Union hinting it might take back its support for the deal if ex-Qantas executive Paul Jones – who played a part in the illegal outsourcing scandal – is tapped to replace Jayne Hrdlicka as CEO.
Adam and Jake go over the latest news, including which airports will be first to see Virgin’s Doha flights if the deal goes ahead.
Plus, calls are growing for Qantas to bring back international flights from Adelaide – but is the juice worth the squeeze for the Flying Kangaroo?
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says:Whilst I accept that the T.W.U. plays a big part in employee/company relations I think that they would be well out of order in dictating whom they wish to be the preferred incumbent as CEO but then considering the country’s current union/ACTU sponsored government situation who knows in which court the ball falls?