Cheap ticket deal breaks Virgin's all-time record, despite lockdown

Virgin sold more domestic tickets on the launch day of the half-price ticket scheme than on any 24-hour period in its history. The result came despite fears Brisbane’s recent snap lockdown, which ended on Thursday, would put people off interstate travel. Domestic aviation has been pinning its recovery hopes on the federal government’s plan to supplement 800,000 half-price airfares for passengers to 15 destinations including the Gold Coast, Alice Springs and Kangaroo Island. It follows the end of JobKeeper last week. Virgin said it sold 71,000 supplemented seats in the 24-hour period from 12:01am on 1 April. <br/>