Beardie's advisers have completly B******D up a well run service that did have 82% load factors !
82% discounted and staff travel in February or 82% with extortionate fares in August? Or is the 82% the rolling 12 month average?
OK so are you now saying that a long haul operator with two based heavies like
Virgin Atlantic now have an anti-MAN agenda? Truth is bmi couldn't manage to make a proper success of this one year round on the A332 (BD751 / 752), it's proved too much aircraft for the VS B744s and the A333s are being used elsewhere. I would imagine the fact that the A333s are being reconfigured with more Upper Class may be an issue as in effect they're matching the LHR config across the fleet. It depends how much premium MAN-LAS sees. Anyway it was announced
ages ago that this was going seasonal, I expect it will be back next summer and do equally well, the key point is that it appears to be not worth the candle in operating in the
winter.
The lack of MAN-LGW connection now means the only way to get on the LGW-LAS flight is via LHR is you fly then bus it. Yes it's far from ideal but if you really want one stop MAN-LAS then you go via LHR with BA.
First world problems! Is the MAN base going to one aircraft for the winter or a daily MAN-MCO with a BGI and MCO on select days?