Originally Posted by
morno
And now Virgin announces that they’re stopping ALL domestic flights bar one return SYD-MEL.
If that’s not a company in desperation I don’t know what is.
You have states closing down their borders - absolutely no one is flying.
Have you been to an airport recently? I have:
Melbourne - was empty with hardly any cars driving from the Tulla up to departures or arrivals.
Sydney - we taxied for 34L (as they were only using one runway) and there wasn’t a single arrival or departure the whole time, and we were the only ones taxiing.
Gold Coast - we were the only RPT flight for the day
In case you haven’t realised, the country is in lockdown. What’s the point in flying empty aircraft around? I’m not sure what loads on QF (I would be genuinely interested to know) are like, but they are very very low on VA.
And as the poster above said, QF aren’t far from doing a similar thing. To be honest, I’m glad VA got in first with this - I would hate to know how much money is being spent flying around empty planes.