Originally Posted by
Reversethrustset
That statement doesn't really say anything, all it says is that it'll connect the regions but connect it to what? Manchester and Heathrow? Anywhere that doesn't connect to those two could be in for worrying times.
I think people may well need to remember that Virgin Connect will be a separate entity and not a subsidiary like say KLM Cityhopper is.
Virgin are an investor and although yes it's quite probable they'll build up Manchester and Heathrow where possible and feed Virgin Atlantic the company will still need to make a profit so it's investors get a return. And I maybe wrong but I don't think that they would achieve that by withdrawing from key regional markets at Edinburgh, Southampton, Belfast and Birmingham and other smaller ones like Cardiff, Exeter and Newquay just to feed what is a small long haul airline at the moment at 2 airports but that is just my opinion.
Summer 2020 will probably give us some idea of where they'll go as an airline.