Virgin Australia asks competition watchdog to investigate Qantas 'campaign' against it

Virgin Australia has written to the competition watchdog complaining about allegedly anti-competitive attacks on the airline by the Qantas boss, Alan Joyce. It is understood Virgin’s CE, Paul Scurrah, wrote to the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Rod Sims, Sunday. Scurrah’s complaint focused on a series of statements attacking Virgin that Joyce has made to staff and media over the past week, as Australian airline companies reel from coronavirus-inspired travel bans that have largely grounded their fleets. During an appearance on Sky News Friday Joyce said the govt should not nationalise Virgin and should “not look after the badly managed companies which have been badly managed for 10 years”. <br/>