onyxcrowle

Could virgin run from dsa ? Perhaps Aberdeen or edi ?

jabird

Why? DSA is well below expectations even as a low cost airport. If it was going to support any feeder into a hub, it would surely be KLM to AMS. Given the short life of the KL LPL route, I don't think they'd be looking at DSA any time soon, and nor would Virgin.

Too far from Sheffield, Doncaster is too small and both are close enough to London for the ptp traffic. Even LBA is only returning now BA can feed their wider network, compared to BMI & Star who left the route.

cornishsimon

A E175 did operate into NQY in place of the Q400 at some stage recently

Why would virgin management be coming to NQY ?


cs

Fairdealfrank

Would imagine MME would be way ahead of DSA if VS were thinking about Yorkshire. Or alternatively taking on BA at LBA.

Suspect both are highly unlikely.

Set 1013

The Virgin big wigs WERE on that flight fron LGW - NQY. about 6 months ago. The flight was changed from a Q400 to a E175 for them.

Read into what you will!

adfly

NQY -Long Runway and lots of empty space therefore a possible maintenance base for VS? Or they are creating a new hub there as it knocks about 40 min of transatlantic flights vs LHR!

ETOPS

Close - you need to aim higher though - think outside the box - think outside the planet

pug

ETOPS, given its location and runway it certainly may be a good base for the venture you are alluding to should they be loooking at a base in the UK.

cornishsimon

Well two long running rumors about virgin and NQY
Space port and mx base


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Deano777

Talking to the dispatchers at NQY and there was a VS 747 in there doing "size" tests not long ago?

Not quite sure why the VS bods would fly LGW - NQY on board an E175 just to test out the ship when they could have picked any number of E175 routes out of LGW. Me thinks it was probably a tech Dash day and they threw on a 175 and the VS bods just happened to be on that flight.

cornishsimon

There was a brand new virgin airbus that came in for an afternoon for some aerial photo shots being taken by chopper by castle air

Don't think a virgin 744 has visited NQY.

Currently all virgin mx is outsourced ? To LH ?


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vs69

No VS maint is not ALL outsourced. Heavy maint (C & D checks) done by lufty,line maint mainly in house,A checks and casualty work and other bits done in house plus the 3rd party customers we have. The rumour of a vs shed in the uk not at lhr or lgw is total cr@p... more chance of a bulk order of viscounts for domestic flights...

Aero Mad

Oh yeah.

jabird

Do you think that when people are shelling out £100,000 for a space adventure, the airport would waive the £5 terminal fee?

SR71

The Virgin CEO owns the St Moritz at Trebetherick...just down the road from NQY...maybe the Management Team was brain-storming in some more relaxed environs....

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Cyber Bob

NQY is definately not on Virgin's radar

HDP

Anyone know which flight will count as the inaugural? I know the MAN-LHR at 6.50am is the first ever flight, but the 9.20am departure from LHR-MAN would be a more sensible time for all the PR stuff, with journalists, photographers and perhaps Richard Branson himself? LHR is also their home base so they could host a PR event there. Also, all press releases have stressed flights FROM Heathrow instead of flights TO Heathrow. Just wondering...

davidjohnson6

London based journalists having to go to Manchester for a press launch ? Perish the thought !
Doesn't everyone know that beyond the confines of the M25, there be strange creatures about, and beyond Watford Gap there be dragons ?

cornishsimon

Just to confirm that the Virgin aircraft that visited NQY was an A333 G-VRAY
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and was in on 11th May 2012


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Chidken Sangwich

LHR - EDI & LHR - ABZ just announced: Virgin Atlantic unveils second wave of domestic flights