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Think buying car fuel is expensive? Imagine if you had to fill a plane

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A regional airline has temporarily cut some Tasmanian services as a result of rising fuel costs. Key points: Sharp Airlines has temporarily suspended Saturday services to King Island and Flinders, as well as Wednesday services from Essendon to King Island Airlines say facing rising fuel costs, the only other alternative is to increase ticket prices Flights are scheduled to restart in September Sharp Airlines said the price of aviation turbine fuel had increased by more than $1 per liter in 12 months, 40 cents of which came in the past two months. Managing Director Malcolm Sharp said the airline had chosen to reduce flights rather than charge travelers. “For our customers, we try to find ways to make it at least less painful,” he said. “The easiest thing to do is raise prices, but we think that will have a bad impact on demand. “This is a difficult time.” The war in Ukraine has pushed up oil prices around the world. ( ABC Capricornia: Rachel McGhee ) The ...

Jack Delosa of Entourage shares advice learned from Richard Branson on Necker Island

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A university dropout who owed $20,000 before becoming a millionaire at age 26 has shared what he learned from billionaire Sir Richard Branson. Sydney entrepreneur and investor Jack Delosa has come a long way since leaving his trade law degree at the age of 18 to start a business-to-business call center, his first and only failed venture. But despite initial hurdles, in nine years he has founded two multi-million dollar businesses, and written a bestseller. Once dubbed ‘The Young Aussie Millionaire That Didn’t Finish Uni’, five-time AFR Young Rich Lister, now 35, runs coaching giant The Entourage, is writing his third book, and recently bought an island in the Whitsundays. Mr Delosa spoke to Daily Mail Australia after spending the previous week on Branson’s private Caribbean island, hanging out with British business magnates and other well-known businessmen. Between train and bike rides, poolside drinks, tennis and a swim at Necker Island, Delosa said the group sh...