Originally Posted by
JW95
Per Airline Route update, LHR-BGI will be operated by the A350 on a daily basis starting 14th December, replacing A330-300. I believe this is the first time we will be seeing VS venture into the Caribbean with their latest and largest flagship a/c, now that the 744 has been withdrawn from service. As of yet VS have still been unclear as to whether they plan to go ahead with a leisure configuration of the final 5 A350s, given their current financial situation and the withdrawal of LGW operations.
The A330s are still grounded so far as I know, LHR-BGI is currently on the B789 as Virgin are only flying with two active fleets, B789/A350.
I'd be surprised if the A330 fleet was re-activated any time soon given where the market currently is
There's also at least 3 A350s ready at TLS that are not in any way needed for the foreseeable future either. Winter is going to be "interesting".....