Fairdealfrank I acept your point about point to point traffic, however whilst BA can and does offer connecting possibilities what does VS Offer. They are not part of an alliance, they will I agree soon have domestic connections, but as of this ppoint what connectivity do they have. Therefore one would assume that the majority of VS traffic is point to point.
Do we then assume that point to point traffic only wish to fly from the South East, no other wise why does VS fly from Manchester to Las vegas, Orlando and the Carribean.
I am prepared to be shot down here, but this has been raised before, it is down to location why Birmingham does not have as much business as it would like, in reality an hour or less North and it is as easy to get to Manchester where there is greater choice and equally the same is true in a southerly direction to wards the South East airports.