Originally Posted by
dr dre
Any one planning to start up an airline in this environment would be certifiably insane
Absolutely correct. Unlike the AN collapse there is currently no massive void to fill. Even if the all clear was given tomorrow by Scotty from Marketing to return the world to normal operations there would be less domestic and international travel happening for considerable time. Businesses have gone broke, most people don’t have jobs and hardly anyone can afford a holiday. Then there is the unseen damage - people afraid to fly incasee they catch COVID, people not wanting to book with VA incasse they go tits up and you lose your money. Lots of hidden factors.
Virgin has in place all the LEGO blocks to be an airline. The best thing is for it to be
possibly rebranded, start again with one aircraft type operating the gravy routes and build up from there. Piss Branson off and stop giving him money for the tails and logo’s. Call themselves V2 Airlines or whatever it takes. Have the Federal or State Government tip in some cash and then get a seat on the Board. But make the airline lean like in the early days. For too many years they have tried to operate in a third tier, somewhere in between JQ and QF. It doesn’t work!!! You are either a JQ which is lean, cheap and nasty or you are QF with a premium business service (well it used to be). But whatever happens, the airline industry will return as a much different industry after the COVID crisis subsides.