This might be a naive question but I don't really understand what Virgin would add to Skyteam, apart from increased capacity on the LHR-JFK route and a few other bits and bobs. I'm left wondering if this might be a repeat of bmi but without the wealthy parent company picking up the bill for any losses.
Virgin fly to relatively few major Skyteam hubs in the world diminishing the capacity for exchange of feed. Furthermore, Virgin have yet to do any real flying from Heathrow to Manchester, Edinburgh or Aberdeen - making for relatively undeveloped routes, at least from a VS perspective. It all seems like quite a long term play before any significant benefits will accrue to either VS or DL
Comments anyone ?