Well, since this is the rumour network let me add fuel to the fire. ACA (
www.atlanticcoast.com ) operating out of Washington-Dulles airport has recently appointed the founding CEO of Airbus Finance Company William Anthony Rice to its board of directors. In another interesting move, they paid Delta airlines $1 million to remove all restrictions from the ACJet operating certificate which was used to get the Delta Connection deal up and running. Also, because an unused certificate can be revoked by the DOT, they filed a petition to extend the life of the ACjet certificate until July 2004 because they have a plan to start flying under that certificate for another unnamed airline. Branson already has a relationship with the CEO of ACA Kerry Skeen because he was seen at the ACA headquarters when they became a connection partner for Virgin Atlantic. Only time will tell
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