NEF- I agree BA could do better (Gla-US?) but can u imagine a Saab operating in Virgin colours with a pedicurist and hairdresser on board? I wonder would the folk in SYY think THAT more acceptable on a sunday!!!!!! At least BA do the Bread and butter routes not just get starry eyed with the bright light routes.
Also BA operates edi-cdg/ham/fra/ and codeshares via one world to dub. Ex GLA-haj/muc/mad/bcn/cdg/ork and again codeshares in dub and ex abz-dub and cdg.
Northern Star-Do you see the german flag on an lh tailfin, the italian flag on an az tailfin or indeed the irish flag on an ei tailfin? NO. a flag carrier is more then dabbling it on a tailfin (or come to that a wing tip). As for service being better on vs, yes we are indeed entitled to our own opions, but surely having manicurist/pedicurist/hairdresser/barman etc allows for the chance of more workers being unhappy and making that evident to the pax.
No you are not drapped in the singapore flag but the Flying Cardigan certainly has acquired a beautiful taste for the Singapore Sling! Why aren't Vs in an Alliance? Theres only so many combinations of through traffic on NRT/LON/LOS or JNB/LON/LOS that you can catch. You don't even through ticket for NRT/LON/BRU with VEX? It doesn't offer the pax a very wide range of routes or alternatives. does it?