What do we reckon VS's fleet will look like in the future?
I'd have said that a future fleet of...
10 - A330 300's
16 - 787 900's
12(+) - A350 1000's
6-9(+) - A380 800's or 900neo (if its built, could be a better option)
Could be a good shout...
With the A330 300's being replaced with 6-10 A330 900neo's depending what they do some could be replaced at the top end with the A350 1000's?
A380 900neo would beat pretty much any option on CASM, A380 800/800neo could be allright but the 900neo offers more flexibility, unless they took both, which I very much doubt. With the 900neo they could have 6 in a 3 class, very spacious layout, 400-500 pax, revamped upper class suites, above industry standard premium economy and economy, talking 32-34" pitch etc. Maybe stuff like an economy bar/lounge, duty free shop, all the stuff the A380 was supposed to be able to offer basically... On top of that, giving VS the opportunity to show off the luxury and experience they were always famous for but seem to have lost a bit recently. They could then also have maybe 3 aircraft in a 650-750 pax configuration to operate leisure routes from LGW/MAN etc. To replace the upper end of the 747's.
The A350 1000 I think definitely has a good chance after Delta's A330neo/A350 order, this could replace the A346's at Heathrow offering a similar 3 class 320-ish pax configuration and then 400-ish leisure configuration for lower end leisure from LGW/MAN/GLA/BFS etc.
A330 900neo would pretty much repace A330 300's one for one or with some covered by the 789... The 789 just doing what it's doing now, some replacement, some growth etc...