Virgin is a tired old brand from the 70's and 80's. Only benefit in keeping it is the savings from not having to repaint aircraft and reprint collateral and signage

Thanks for the feedback Patrickk but that is an altruistic view. No government department ever allocated a budget that was never fully spent and in the history of the world no government department managed to make a profit from an enterprise. But, alas we will never know because the true figures ...

What am I missing here? The Australian taxpayer is subsidising flights back to Australia for Australians who elected to travel overseas and/or remain overseas fully knowledgeable of the COVID pandemic well past all advice given months ago not to travel or if overseas to get home now?

The Virgin brand is a relic of the 80's - you'd ditch it (and it's royalty fees) in a heartbeat if it wasn't for the cost of rebranding livery, collateral etc