Originally Posted by
anothertyke
But the LHR slots were never theirs to transfer were they? It was a huge bet that they ever would be.
Doubling down on your losses, wow. That report makes for a chastening read. And this liquidation stuff doesn't come cheap does it.
No they weren’t, but who knows what might have gone on if they’d actually become part of the “red tail” mob, Virgin Connect, as was planned and then perhaps slot transfers within the group might have been tried. But that’s all semantics now.
With the track record of 2 of the 3 players it never seemed that “Flybe”, the airline, were high on their list of priorities; survival of Virgin (mainline) was and forever will be. But what the whole package contained and what good parts they could use for their advantage was more their aim I believe. Because as sure as “God made little green apples”, big changes would have had to be made to make it profitable or they’d have wound it all up in a heart beat. And if you don’t believe me, have a read of Tom Bower’s books on Sir R B.