Karratha ratepayers are set to be more than half a million dollarsout of pocket as Virgin Australia is unable to pay a longstanding debt.
Key points:
- Virgin Australia owes the City of Karratha more than $500,000 in airport fees
- The council hopes to be paid about 10 per cent of the total debt
- The debt comes from unpaid landing fees racked up during 2020when the company was in aperiod of voluntary administration
The airline owes the City of Karratha $525,321.38 and mayor Peter Long says the council is unlikely to get a full repayment.
Virgin Australia went intovoluntary administration in April 2020 during the first wave of COVID-19 whentravel restrictions grounded most planes.
The company owedalmost $7 billion to more than 12,000 creditors at the…
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