Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah said that the runway opening was a “turning point not only for Virgin Australia but for the broader tourism sector”.
Hello McFly! COVID-19 has virtually destroyed the tourism sector in Qld as international arrivals won't be increasing any time soon. I think the fantasy that allowing Virgin to use the new runway first is a "sign" of a post C19 dawn is the sort of thinking that got Virgin into its current mess in the first place.