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Bain Capital wins bidding war for Virgin Australia, but is another war about to start with workers?

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A row of Virgin Australia aircraft grounded at on airport after the company went into voluntary administration in April 2020.
A row of Virgin Australia aircraft grounded at on airport after the company went into voluntary administration in April 2020.(ABC News: John Gunn)

The coronavirus pandemic sent Virgin Australia broke but an agreement today to sell the airline to a private equity firm means it'll be flying for some time yet. The two remaining bidders for Virgin became one, and this morning Boston-based BainCapital agreed to buy the airline. But this program understands Bain's bid has been favoured because of the harsh conditions it intends to lay down for the airline's staff.

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Laura Shanahan, Virgin Australia customer
Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University
Michele O'Neill, President, ACTU

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