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Sydney, March 6 (IANS) Major Australian airlines have announced they will suspend operation in Brisbane on Thursday as severe tropical cyclone Alfred approaches Australia's state of Queensland. A new update by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said that Alfred's approach to southeast Queensland has slowed, pushing back landfall until early Saturday. An earlier prediction said the landfall was likely on Thursday night or Friday morning. Virgin Australia said it would suspend flights departing from Brisbane at 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, operating a reduced schedule until then. Qantas and Jetstar announced they were also set to cease their services…