What’s virgin worth to Australia post virus ? If government want cheap seats to help stimulate economy then there are lots of wide body’s flying in from overseas that can stop in Darwin and pick up domestic passengers . Triangulate Brisbane , Sydney and Melbourne before heading back overseas , requires opening Australia to overseas players . Allow Qantas a monopoly? They have capacity but watch prices rise and Qantas get bloated and slow ? $1.4B is a big ask to keep a badly managed company going and it does not pass the pub test for fairness but what’s in best interest of the nation for next 3-5 years ? I think the owners of virgin know the answer and that’s why they not putting any money in .