The airline’s budget subsidiary Tigerair Australia will be discontinued.Virgin Australias major shareholders are Singapore Airlines and Etihad Airways, along with Chinese investment conglomerates Nanshan Group and HNA Group. Branson holds a 10% stake.The airline sought bankruptcy protection after the Australian government refused its request for a AU$1.4 billion loan.Australias Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters at the time his government wasn’t going to bail out “five large foreign shareholders with deep pockets who together own 90% of this airline.Qantas argued that it had three times more revenue than Virgin and was therefore entitled to a AU$4.2 billion loan if the smaller airline was not to gain an unfair advantage.CNN name, logo and all associated elements ® and © 2020 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. MH370 remains unfound to this day - but the search for the missing airliner could now be renewed, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hinted.

All rights reserved. Branson holds a 10% stake.The airline sought bankruptcy protection after the Australian government refused its request for a AU$1.4 billion loan.Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters at the time his government wasn't going to bail out "five large foreign shareholders with deep pockets who together own 90% of this airline.”Qantas argued that it had three times more revenue than Virgin and was therefore entitled to a AU$4.2 billion loan if the smaller airline was not to gain an unfair advantage.Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. The administrators in June signed a binding agreement with Bain Capital, the company co-founded by former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Mitt Romney.Paul Scurrah, the chief executive of Virgin Australia Group, said the sale moves the airline closer to leaving bankruptcy protection and allows it to focus on the future, in which it will continue competing with its larger rival, Qantas Airways.“It's vital for Australia to have two major airlines for consumer choice, value airfares, and to help support the recovery of Australia's robust tourism sector after this crisis is over,” Scurrah said in a statement.Virgin’s administrator Deloitte said creditors had voted overwhelmingly in favor of the deal in what have been challenging circumstances.“This outcome provides certainty for employees and customers, a return to creditors, and opportunities for suppliers and financiers to continue to trade," Joint Voluntary Administrator Vaughan Strawbridge said in a statement.Under a plan announced previously by Scurrah, the airline will cut back it's workforce to 6,000 and end long-haul routes from Australia to Los Angeles and Tokyo as it resets the business for lower global demand.The airline plans to shed its Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 planes and use Boeing 737s, along with some smaller aircraft for regional and charter flights. Former airline pilots could be cruising WA paddocks rather than the skies this summer, helping bridge the massive shortfall of skilled machinery … Former Australian Medical Association president Kerryn Phelps has criticised the NSW Government for its lax approach to border control saying “that’s a very leaky sieve”. Virgin’s creditors are owed a total of about AU$7 billion.Due to the pandemic, the creditor meeting was held online. The administrators in June signed a binding agreement with Bain Capital, the company co-founded by former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Mitt Romney.Paul Scurrah, the chief executive of Virgin Australia Group, said the sale moves the airline closer to leaving bankruptcy protection and allows it to focus on the future, in which it will continue competing with its larger rival, Qantas Airways.It’s vital for Australia to have two major airlines for consumer choice, value airfares, and to help support the recovery of Australia’s robust tourism sector after this crisis is over, Scurrah said in a statement.Virgins administrator Deloitte said creditors had voted overwhelmingly in favor of the deal in what have been challenging circumstances.This outcome provides certainty for employees and customers, a return to creditors, and opportunities for suppliers and financiers to continue to trade,” Joint Voluntary Administrator Vaughan Strawbridge said in a statement.Under a plan announced previously by Scurrah, the airline will cut back it’s workforce to 6,000 and end long-haul routes from Australia to Los Angeles and Tokyo as it resets the business for lower global demand.The airline plans to shed its Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 planes and use Boeing 737s, along with some smaller aircraft for regional and charter flights. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC.

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