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Old 22nd Jul 2021, 10:39
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Beer Baron
 
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Originally Posted by Turnleft080
VA still have that AOC on ice. It depends on Rex owners, share holders, PAG if they want to sell the 737 operation to Bain.
Buy the operation save the crews, save the jobs and knocks out the opposition.
I’ve seen a few posters postulate such an outcome but I find the notion a bit bizarre. Part of the reason Virgin went bust was because they went out buying up multiple other operators rather than concentrating on their own core business which was profitable.
Why would they want to recreate past mistakes?

Additionally, they already have a LCC AOC
and access to many 737’s and crew, what benefit would there be in buying a dud business off Rex?
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