It would be a bit strange for Virgin to announce that they are pulling the A346 when only about 6 weeks ago they announced that they were to lease a further three of the type - doesn't make sense. I'm sure th 773ER could do the job of replacing the A343 whilst allowing for growth, but wouldn't it be more sensible to rationalise the fleet down to 3 types - A346, 744 and (in the future) A380 (2007 still isn't that far away!)