Virgin Atlantic

[Cyber Bob]

22/04 wrote: "If they ditch Shanghai for a US destination (and I think they will - national CC have apparently been put on to different contracts"

No they haven't.

[flying apprentice]

Now 2014 has finished and this marks the new end to their financial year, is Mr Kreeger's plan going as expected ? Are vs on course to announce they are once again making profit ?

[flying apprentice]

14m profit ?

Good to see VS announce a profit this year.

How much of this profit is due to the much lower oil prices ? Or would this profit be based on hedged fuel prices from times when it was a lot higher and hence we'll see an even more profitable year this year ?

Any possibility of some airshare ?

[Heathrow Harry]

"One further thought, might it be worth VS splitting itself into two, one serving the US & one to serve other routes."

since they only make serious money on the US flights the other airline wouldn't last long

the reason they're back in profit is thatthey are switching capacity to the US runs and cutting the other long-haul

[flying apprentice]

Heathrowharry

Perhaps they can call the part that flies to the USA something along the lines of 'delta'

At least theyre living up to their 'atlantic' name now though.

[CKT789]

Will any of the LR fleet go back to EI at the end of the month when the Manchester flights end? Pretty sure they can go down to 3 for the EDI and ABZ routes til September.

[CabinCrewe]

Aer Lingus pondering post-Little Red aircraft deployments - 11/5/2014 - Flight Global

[flying apprentice]

Airshare ?

Any sign of airshare ? Or is it just going to be bonuses for the board ?

[BasilBush]

Press coverage normally puts Branson in the non-Dom category, such that his worldwide (non-British) income is shielded from UK tax. If Labour gets in and scraps the non-Dom principle, would Branson be happy to have his tax bill increase massively? Or would he give up his UK citizenship and retire permanently to the Caribbean?

If so, how does that leave the status of Virgin Atlantic as a European airline for bilateral purposes? It would be difficult to maintain the pretence that Virgin is owned by "European persons".

[wesleyscott]

i got my airshare in last months salary

[flying apprentice]

Job cuts

Finally trimming the fat and losing all those unnecessary managers ?

Virgin Atlantic airline to cut 500 jobs - BBC News

[PAXboy]

In the UK. On Tuesday 7th July. ITV. 21:00. "Virgin Atlantic: Up In The Air". 30th birthday.

[ManUtd1999]

Future Fleet

Any news/predictions on the rumoured new aircraft order? They've got the 747 "beach fleet" at Gatwick to replace with A350, 777X or 787 mooted as potential replacements. Also, how does the A330 fleet fit in? I understand they're leased and they always seemed like a bit of a stop-gap with the 787 delays, so is the long-term plan to phase them out?

I guess the 787 would be a nice choice to potentially have a one-type fleet in 5-10 years, with the -8/-9 replacing the A330 and -10 to provide capacity at LGW. Alternatively the A350 (or even a Delta style A330neo/A350 mix) would keep the Airbus/Boeing competition, which could be more valuable than the single-fleet efficiency. There's also the A380 deposits to be considered...

[NWSRG]

Given that the LGW fleet seems to need the capacity of the 744, would 779X be the way forward there? Only 6 or so required...but if the 787-10 is capable enough (and I think it has the legs) then that would be my bet. Sacrifice some capacity, but increase flexibility across the fleet...for example, even MCO can't support 2 x 744 all year round. But possibly 2 x 7810 increasing to 3 x 7810 in peak season?

[topofthegap]

Virgin Atlantic Interview Questions

Hi guys,

I know this has been covered before but I can't find any information on interview questions. I've trawled through previous threads but I keep coming up short. Can anyone please help?

Thanks in advance!

[jdcg]

VS rumoured elsewhere to be dropping Lagos, having laid off all their Nigerian cabin crew. Any truth to this? My Nigerian neighbours always flew VS in preference because they arrived at a "safer" time of day for onward travel!

[Cyber Bob]

The route isn't being dropped. They have released the Nigerian national crew that operate this route. This route will now be served with UK mainline crew only

[blackbeard1]

Virgin says no, "Virgin Atlantic Airways has no plans to pull out of Lagos route, we are committed to continue delivering the experience our customers love whether they are flying for business or leisure."
?Virgin Atlantic Airways has no plans to pull out of Lagos route?

[Skipness One Echo]

There's a list of airlines who say this on Monday and on Tuesday pull the plug, the chap saying this is on the marketing team. It depends how much value this adds to the Delta JV. As for being commited to Nigeria, well Virgin Nigeria anyone?

[jdcg]

I would imagine that Nigeria is quite a lucrative market for VS, with some transfer from Delta. They are certainly very popular amongst the British Nigerian community.
I'm sure that VS is committed to flying there, as long as they don't have to get too involved with Nigerian businesses again!