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VS had indeed announced that a return to Tokyo would be to Haneda rather than Narita once their B787-9s entered service. But obviously this never materialised.
I was going to add that information at the bottom of the list but the route never materialised due to circumstances beyond the airlines control. With no VS Sao Paulo route ever starting in the first place I didn't count it as a former destination.
VS haven't mentioned anything regarding Sao Paulo since 2020 when the route was supposed to commence, but obviously it didn't due to the pandemic.
With the Brazilian airline AZUL expanding their European network may we see VS take another look at serving Sao Paulo. VS did have a tie up with the Brazilian airline GOL when they announced SaoPaulo. The airline has a large network which would have served VS well in the South American market.
VS haven't mentioned anything regarding Sao Paulo since 2020 when the route was supposed to commence, but obviously it didn't due to the pandemic.
With the Brazilian airline AZUL expanding their European network may we see VS take another look at serving Sao Paulo. VS did have a tie up with the Brazilian airline GOL when they announced SaoPaulo. The airline has a large network which would have served VS well in the South American market.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ed-2023-05-10/
"Virgin's 2022 results, published on Wednesday, showed the transatlantic-focused airline's recovery from COVID-19, which it only narrowly survived. Revenues recovered to 98% of 2019 levels and it reported a pretax loss before exceptional items of 206 million pounds ($259.99 million)."
Expect profitability in 2024.
"Virgin's 2022 results, published on Wednesday, showed the transatlantic-focused airline's recovery from COVID-19, which it only narrowly survived. Revenues recovered to 98% of 2019 levels and it reported a pretax loss before exceptional items of 206 million pounds ($259.99 million)."
Expect profitability in 2024.
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Why is flying to Dubai going to be better for VS' bank balance this time compared to a few years ago when it was dropped ?
Not saying that VS won't make huge quantities of money on a LHR-DXB route - just that there needs to be a good reason for resuming a route that was previously dropped well before Covid
Not saying that VS won't make huge quantities of money on a LHR-DXB route - just that there needs to be a good reason for resuming a route that was previously dropped well before Covid
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Why is flying to Dubai going to be better for VS' bank balance this time compared to a few years ago when it was dropped ?
Not saying that VS won't make huge quantities of money on a LHR-DXB route - just that there needs to be a good reason for resuming a route that was previously dropped well before Covid
Not saying that VS won't make huge quantities of money on a LHR-DXB route - just that there needs to be a good reason for resuming a route that was previously dropped well before Covid
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Does this mean that Virgin launching Heathrow to Seoul is off the cards for 23/24? I thought that due to the Korean/Asiana merger, they had to be another carrier on the route and due to Virgin joining SkyTeam, this was to be Virgin?