"Towing aircraft from a stand substantially reduces the amount of time they need to taxi with their engines running and reduces the time spent queuing before take-off," said Virgin Atlantic spokesman Paul Charles.
Prat! It doesn't reduce ANY time spent queuing for takeoff. You still have to load your pax at the terminal/stand AND get to the runway in use, AND WAIT YOUR TURN, with everybody else WHATEVER propulsive method you use. Good grief! Pie-in-the-sky nonsense.
