Every six months another rubbish forum pops up full of “experts” claiming the doom and gloom, and the certainty of demise within months ��.
They won’t pull out of the Tasman or pacific. Downsizing is required on Borghettis ridiculous extra capacity and routes put in post nz break up. Pulling out of the international market completely, will have flow on effects to the domestic model, giving even more of a monopoly to the competition, and when the business returns to profitability will limit it as they would be muscled out of the Tasman/pacific. Being east coast based but talking to colleagues that work within the VANZ contingent, load factors have steadily increased on all routes and a strategical frequency plan, particularly on the Sydney flights would see consistently adequate loads.
Theres still plenty of positives for the guys and gals at virgin. Here’s to looking forward to the next expert forum.