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How do you satisfy Branson's return on his shareholding if you don't want to pay him a licence fee for using the Virgin brand?
Pre-pack administration into a new airline that doesn't use the Virgin brand - or does for a £1 fee etc.?
Either way Branson's investment is now worthless and he may not receive anything in the future for the use of a Virgin name. I'm not sure why he would bother.
Pre-pack administration into a new airline that doesn't use the Virgin brand - or does for a £1 fee etc.?
Either way Branson's investment is now worthless and he may not receive anything in the future for the use of a Virgin name. I'm not sure why he would bother.
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Does the Virgin 'brand' still have the same appeal as it first did is another question? When Virgin launched it was something special, now, it is just another airline as far as I am concerned.
No axe to grind, their success or failure is immaterial to me and my feelings about RB are neutral. Obviously if they do fail I feel sorry for all the staff, but, at the risk of being slaughtered here if you want job security the airline business isn't really for you is it?
No axe to grind, their success or failure is immaterial to me and my feelings about RB are neutral. Obviously if they do fail I feel sorry for all the staff, but, at the risk of being slaughtered here if you want job security the airline business isn't really for you is it?
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Is the VS royalty really the difference between the airline being profitable or not ? If it were wouldn’t SRB give them a break ? I would suggest it is more structural(by definition managed) not right size, shape and cost base if you cannot make money at the top or near to pay of the economic cycle.
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Originally Posted by Capt. G L Walker
As I say, single fleet ops. As in A330 & A350 only. Just my hunch.
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Can Anybody help please. I am trying to find anywhere which has show the frequencies of flights departing the UK to MCO in Summer 2019 and Winter 2018/19?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Captinbirdseye
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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Originally Posted by Captinbirdseye
Can Anybody help please. I am trying to find anywhere which has show the frequencies of flights departing the UK to MCO in Summer 2019 and Winter 2018/19?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Captinbirdseye
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Captinbirdseye
LGW-MCO 6 per Week
MAN-MCO 6 per Week
and Summer 18
LGW-MCO 10 per Week
BFS-MCO 2 per Week
GLA-MCO 3 per Week
MAN-MCO 8 per Week
I know it’s not the dates you asked but hope it helps in some way and someone else can fill the gaps for the dates you asked
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and Summer 18
LGW-MCO 10 per Week
BFS-MCO 2 per Week
GLA-MCO 3 per Week
MAN-MCO 8 per Week
LGW-MCO 10 per Week
BFS-MCO 2 per Week
GLA-MCO 3 per Week
MAN-MCO 8 per Week
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Originally Posted by flyerguy
I can only find Winter 19/20
LGW-MCO 6 per Week
MAN-MCO 6 per Week
and Summer 18
LGW-MCO 10 per Week
BFS-MCO 2 per Week
GLA-MCO 3 per Week
MAN-MCO 8 per Week
I know it’s not the dates you asked but hope it helps in some way and someone else can fill the gaps for the dates you asked
LGW-MCO 6 per Week
MAN-MCO 6 per Week
and Summer 18
LGW-MCO 10 per Week
BFS-MCO 2 per Week
GLA-MCO 3 per Week
MAN-MCO 8 per Week
I know it’s not the dates you asked but hope it helps in some way and someone else can fill the gaps for the dates you asked
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Originally Posted by Wycombe
I was there on a trip in June/July '18 and the day we departed there were 5 744's on the ground together - I think LGWx2, MANx2 and GLA (with some frame-swopping between bases going on). Also 2 BA 777's and a TCX 330. To think that has all reduced to 0 currently
In my day we had 3 at MCO one very hot late afternoon (all Classics) 2 x LGW and another one had diverted into MCO from MIA due big thunderstorms.
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Originally Posted by TOM100
Is the VS royalty really the difference between the airline being profitable or not ? If it were wouldn’t SRB give them a break ? I would suggest it is more structural(by definition managed) not right size, shape and cost base if you cannot make money at the top or near to pay of the economic cycle.
Same, for example, on BA's domestics out of Heathrow. These have published accounts showing a loss for decades. Really, eating up all those valuable slots ? Well yes, if a BA fare of say £500 from Edinburgh to New York, via Heathrow, is allocated £1 to the domestic sector and £499 to the transatlantic, so possibly half the planeload is being carried for free. Why divide it this way? Well, the UK government is regularly lobbied to put VAT on domestic flights. Overall international VAT rules prevent doing it on internationals, but a few European countries do it on domestics. However, if the flights are shown anyway as loss-making that strengthens the case of saying do that and the service will be withdrawn, and the government will get the blame.
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Originally Posted by zfw
GVROY Finals for MAN 6 down, 1 to go.
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End of leases apparently going to do the engine swaps paperwork reconciling and such with all aircraft in same location, before going off to rest in the sand .
Why Manchester and not their big hanger at Gatwick well I don’t know - Could it be they intend to close that and terminate the lease and rent payments perhaps ?
Why Manchester and not their big hanger at Gatwick well I don’t know - Could it be they intend to close that and terminate the lease and rent payments perhaps ?
