Hoboe and all, FYI - the DELTA press release announcing Delta's intention to fly to Sydney is dated in December 2008. So it's hardly NEWS, but more importantly - published well before the interline agreement between VA and Delta was announced. Delta is now oncarrying pax for VA and there will be 2 daily VA flights between SYD & LAX, its just that one of them will say Delta on the outside of the aircraft (& the FA's may be on average a few years older and lack the Virgin flair;-)) I reckon Qantas are soon gonna wish that Singapore Airlines got the route rather than the Branson flying circus...