Something more positive coming from all this:
Queen's University in Belfast (QUB) has chartered a jet to take hundreds of students from China to NI in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Chinese students offer a vital source of income at a time when Covid-19 has triggered fears about huge losses, the Irish News reports.
Queen's said new and returning students would be offered places on the direct flight from Beijing on 18 September.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-53335074The Irish News claims that this is a "jumbo jet" and calculates a cost of £600k to do the job with a 747 (including "10 hours loading and unloading time at either end"!). BBC News says it'll be operated by Qatar. So unlikely to be a 747.
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.