Originally Posted by
bigchrisfgb
The thing is they have a good base at Gatwick and Newcastle is now without a Gatwick route. If they added a Gatwick route to/from Newcastle then they could offer connecting flights to compete with BA (and others) very easily. Virgin doesn’t need a 3rd runway at Heathrow, and they certainly don’t need it to offer end to end services from Newcastle.
100% agree!, insofar as NCL is concerned a good LGW service could be of significantly more benefit to NCL than any 3rd runway at LHR.
For a starter there is nothing to say there will be a 3rd runway in the next 5 years at least.
Apart from connecting VS flights, at least there would also be the option (even if required bag recheck ) to access some pretty basic destinations NOT accessible with BA from LHR say Florida, & specifically FLL.