Originally Posted by
Al E. Vator
Bain will sort Virgin out, possibly resume some international ops and sell in 2-3 years.
New owner will also acquire Rex.
Thus QF have Jetstar and Virgin have Rex, being an airline with a great regional and domestic network and limited international ops that can be sensibly expanded.
Virgin have 737, SAAB and A330/777 and that’s it. Sensible fleet structure.
QF have A380, 787, A350, A330-300/200, 737, 717, Dash 8 400/300 with all the inherent cost inefficiency such an unnecessarily complex fleet structure entails.
Ansett collapsed for exactly this reason.
Struth, a common sense approach. Looking into the crystal ball Singapore would be first mob on the list that would hold interest in merging Rex/virgin. They would buy and pay out Bain and PAG.
The LH aircraft won't be 330s/777 it would be a one fits all i.e. A350,B787-9, or last pick 777 with folding wings and I hope all the redundant pilots get first pick.
That's assuming covid is over and Singapore are all cashed up again.
If Rex are employing the Tiger pilots then they may go full circle and be flying back with Virgin's active Tiger AOC come 2 or 3 years.