Originally Posted by
caaardiff
Although I agree that some unprofitable regional routes may see the chop, I can't see why Stobart were brought in as partners if the regional routes were to be dropped. If this was purely about connecting into VS (And partner airlines), why wouldn't VS go it alone without Stobart? They could let the current BE team run things whilst pulling the strings to make the changes they want.
virgin are very clever at not doing things alone. There will always be another partner behind the brand. Take the trains. 51 virgin 49 stagecoach, Atlantic is the same with DL soon to be less etc.