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Robyn Ironside is The Australian’s aviation writer, and has twice been recognised by the Australasian Aviation Press Club (in 2020 and 2023) as the best aviation journalist. She has been with The Australian since 2018, and covered aviation for News Corp since 2014 after previously reporting on Queensland state politics and crime with The Courier-Mail.

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16/10/2020 : Maleah Nelson treats guests (L) Cassie Atkins from Brisbane and Victoria McInnerney from Rockhampton, during their stay at Spicers Clovelly at Montville, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Regional hotels are seeing occupancy soaring in contrast to their city cousins, which are struggling to sell rooms . Pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Regions bloom as tourism numbers boom

The slump in corporate travel is costing city hotels dearly but it’s a much different story in the regions.

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16/10/2020 : Former Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah, deep in conversation on his phone in the main street of Maleny, on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane. Scurrah resigned after the airline's new owner Bain Capital announced its intention that Jayne Hrdlicka will be appointed CEO. Pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Virgin, unions put off pay talks

Unions prepare to unleash on Virgin Australia’s new owners Bain Capital following axing of CEO Paul Scurrah.

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16/10/2020 : Former Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah, deep in conversation on his phone in the main street of Malaney, on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane. Scurrah resigned after the airline's new owner Bain Capital announced its intention that Jayne Hrdlicka will be appointed CEO. Pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Takeover the Bain of CEO’s existence

Paul Scurrah grew increasingly anxious about his job in the five weeks after Virgin Australia’s sale to Bain Capital was approved.

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30/09/2020: Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah, with the mock up of an aircraft fuselage which is serving as his temporary office until their new offices are finished at the airline's new location at South Brisbane. The new location is five floors compared to five buildings at Bowen Hills . Pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Virgin workers’ ire at betrayal of mate

It took just one email for Bain Capital to kill off Virgin Australia’s pro-worker culture, so carefully nurtured by Paul Scurrah.

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5th August 2020.Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah at his companyÃs Brisbane headquarters.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Virgin to aim lower as CEO flies off

Virgin Australia’s days as a full-service airline are set to end, exposing Australians to a new style of carrier pioneered in the US.

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Virgin CEO Scurrah to exit

Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah will leave the airline once the sale to Bain Capital is complete.

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Plans to change Virgin, and boss

Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah is set to leave the airline as new owners Bain prepare to take the carrier down-market.

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The runway at Gunnedah Airport which is now at the centre of an ATSB investigation.

Takeoff wrecks plane on closed runway

The ATSB is investigating why a Sydney dental prosthetist tried to takeoff from a runway that was closed for repairs.

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Snacks a bad sign for Virgin chief

As the free snacks run out, it appears Virgin’s new owners and its current CEO are on increasingly divergent paths.

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Qantas has launched a range of leisurewear by Martin Grant, in the ongoing quest to find alternative sources of revenue in the COVID crisis. ,

Qantas launches range of leisure wear

COVID’s devastating impact on airlines prompts Qantas to branch out into designer leisure wear, with prices starting at $150.

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