Further to my last post, right on cue, here comes the ABC with some talking points! I wonder who set up the “deep background” for this one? The message? Virgin is a bad business that won’t survive.
Virgin Australia shows again that this nation can't sustain two airlines
It was a throwaway line in a different time.
Former Qantas boss Geoff Dixon, who took over running Qantas just months before the demise of Ansett Airlines, was under no illusions about the difficulties facing a second carrier.
"The problem with the Australian market is that it's big enough for probably one-and-a-half airlines," he quipped privately, years later.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-...lines/12169620