Originally Posted by
AirportPlanner1
Until such time as the Connect deal goes through any talk of which routes will stay, go or be launched is futile.
That said, I also can’t see the viability of a MAN hub unless Virgin significantly upscale their operations. The only way I can realistically see this happen anytime soon is if they also took on Thomas Cook.
Though it doesn't necessarily take as Thomas Cook airlines acquisition to make it work. VS are aircraft constrained in the immediate sense. Though the 787RR engine issues are slowly loosening and the A332s are sticking around for a little while. While 9 more A332s might be nice, the rest of TC's business probably doesn't fit, they are not strictly necessary to ramp up operations. All VS flights between the UK-US are in a JV with DL. This means if it makes economic sense there are a lot of aircraft in DL metal that could be called upon.