Virgin Atlantic is the airline division of the Virgin brandname - a brand which thrives and feeds on publicity. Expansion? We've heard it before. The Washington route has now been announced twice and the much feted Grenada and Tobago route turned out to be one flight a week. Sydney? Only with EU approval.
So, I for one would take the press release figure of 60 aircraft by 2010 with a large pinch of salt. However, I'm hoping it's true, both for the industry and for my mates at Virgin who have been dealt a harsh blow in the last three years. I would love to be proved wrong, but I'm not holding my breath.