Virgin Australia’s bookings jump 40pc weeks before the government’s cheap airfares begin – ABC News

Virgin Australia’s bookings jumped by 40 per cent yesterday after the federal government announced it would be subsidising half-price domestic flights between April and July.
Key points:

• Virgin Australia’s bookings have jumped significantly in the last 24 hours
• But the federal government’s half-price airfare offer does not begin until April
• Greyhound Buses warns the subsidised airfares may send it to the wall

Jayne Hrdlicka, Virgin’s chief executive, said the airline’s website had seen a huge boost…

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