Sabenapilot - the point of my post, which obviously sailed right over your head; as indeed so many things do <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> - is that Virgin Group simply does not have €25m spare to invest in anything other than attempting to keep themselves afloat.
And, considering that the low fare-no frills business model is the only one that is consistently profitable; why would they want to abandon that in favour of a quasi-state owned carrier that is likely to emulate its parent? <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> <img src="eek.gif" border="0">