Tag: airline
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Jetstar and Virgin Australia fined over prices
Jetstar and Virgin Australia airlines have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after being found to be misleading consumers. On the 7th of March the Federal Court ordered Jetstar Airways to pay $545,000 and Virgin Australia Airlines to pay $200,000 for breaches of Australian Consumer Law. The way that the two companies were misleading…
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Richard Branson reveals new supersonic new jet
Richard Branson has collaborated on a new supersonic jet that will be capable of travelling more than two and a half times as fast as current air transport. Already being hailed as the “fastest civil aircraft ever made”, the jet would be able to travel up to 2335 kms per hour, easily covering the distance between New…
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What was one employee doing when Richard Branson paid a visit?
There’s nothing more awkward than getting busted by your boss for doing something you are not supposed to be. What’s even more awkward is when you’re boss happens to be Richard Branson stopping in for a visit. Branson, the founder of the Virgin group, recently visited the Virgin Australia offices where he imposed on one…