Originally Posted by
vectisman
I believe that VS currently has slots leased to EasyJet and Norwegian. With BA expanding their long haul offering to the Caribbean and South America from Gatwick, along with the arrival of Norse and Jet Blue VS will have to decide what they want to do about Gatwick longer-term.
Absolutely. I've no doubt at all that VS are watching this very carefully. I'm sure they are aware that they will need to make a long-term decision RE. Gatwick slots sooner rather than later. With demand for air travel now picking up, plus with LHR faced with numerous capacity issues, I'm sure that long haul carriers will be looking at LGW, particularly given that charges at LHR are going up. Prior to Covid, VS were serving the leisure network with old 744s and A332s from LGW, both of which have since been phased out. Perhaps they could make an LGW leisure base work with some of the new A339s coming online?