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Virgin Australia’s bookings jump 40pc weeks before the government’s cheap airfares begin – ABC News
Virgin Australia sees bookings jump 40 per cent in the day after the federal government’s announcement of cheap airfares, even though the cheap airfares will not…
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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