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Could virgin run from dsa ? Perhaps Aberdeen or edi ?
Too far from Sheffield, Doncaster is too small and both are close enough to London for the ptp traffic. Even LBA is only returning now BA can feed their wider network, compared to BMI & Star who left the route.
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Would imagine MME would be way ahead of DSA if VS were thinking about Yorkshire. Or alternatively taking on BA at LBA.
Suspect both are highly unlikely.
Suspect both are highly unlikely.
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NQY -Long Runway and lots of empty space therefore a possible maintenance base for VS? Or they are creating a new hub there as it knocks about 40 min of transatlantic flights vs LHR! 
NQY -Long Runway and lots of empty space therefore a possible maintenance base for VS?
ETOPS, given its location and runway it certainly may be a good base for the venture you are alluding to should they be loooking at a base in the UK.
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Talking to the dispatchers at NQY and there was a VS 747 in there doing "size" tests not long ago?
Not quite sure why the VS bods would fly LGW - NQY on board an E175 just to test out the ship when they could have picked any number of E175 routes out of LGW. Me thinks it was probably a tech Dash day and they threw on a 175 and the VS bods just happened to be on that flight.
Not quite sure why the VS bods would fly LGW - NQY on board an E175 just to test out the ship when they could have picked any number of E175 routes out of LGW. Me thinks it was probably a tech Dash day and they threw on a 175 and the VS bods just happened to be on that flight.
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There was a brand new virgin airbus that came in for an afternoon for some aerial photo shots being taken by chopper by castle air
Don't think a virgin 744 has visited NQY.
Currently all virgin mx is outsourced ? To LH ?
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Don't think a virgin 744 has visited NQY.
Currently all virgin mx is outsourced ? To LH ?
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No VS maint is not ALL outsourced. Heavy maint (C & D checks) done by lufty,line maint mainly in house,A checks and casualty work and other bits done in house plus the 3rd party customers we have. The rumour of a vs shed in the uk not at lhr or lgw is total cr@p... more chance of a bulk order of viscounts for domestic flights...
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The Virgin CEO owns the St Moritz at Trebetherick...just down the road from NQY...maybe the Management Team was brain-storming in some more relaxed environs....
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Anyone know which flight will count as the inaugural? I know the MAN-LHR at 6.50am is the first ever flight, but the 9.20am departure from LHR-MAN would be a more sensible time for all the PR stuff, with journalists, photographers and perhaps Richard Branson himself? LHR is also their home base so they could host a PR event there. Also, all press releases have stressed flights FROM Heathrow instead of flights TO Heathrow. Just wondering...
London based journalists having to go to Manchester for a press launch ? Perish the thought !
Doesn't everyone know that beyond the confines of the M25, there be strange creatures about, and beyond Watford Gap there be dragons ?
Doesn't everyone know that beyond the confines of the M25, there be strange creatures about, and beyond Watford Gap there be dragons ?
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Just to confirm that the Virgin aircraft that visited NQY was an A333 G-VRAY
G-VRAY | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
and was in on 11th May 2012
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G-VRAY | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
and was in on 11th May 2012
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LHR - EDI & LHR - ABZ just announced: Virgin Atlantic unveils second wave of domestic flights
Reading the article carefully, it seems that VS operating to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Moscow is contingent upon being granted the bmi remedy slots, but there is no confirmation as yet that Virgin will receive the slots.
Looks like just PR noise, but as a remote possibility, has Competition RX given Virgin a strong indication that they will receive the slots ? Slot allocation public announcement day is still quite a long way away...
Looks like just PR noise, but as a remote possibility, has Competition RX given Virgin a strong indication that they will receive the slots ? Slot allocation public announcement day is still quite a long way away...