VIRGIN fleet review
Well Boeing you're not correct in that,
Whilst I some what agree, the wet lease clause does state that there will be no wet leasing or subcontracting on routes operated by VARA, July 17th these routes will not be operated by VARA ATR 72 aircraft, unless, they bring the F100 or A320 from the west coast. July 18th VA can get whom ever they like so in comes Alliance to operate these routes.
Whilst I some what agree, the wet lease clause does state that there will be no wet leasing or subcontracting on routes operated by VARA, July 17th these routes will not be operated by VARA ATR 72 aircraft, unless, they bring the F100 or A320 from the west coast. July 18th VA can get whom ever they like so in comes Alliance to operate these routes.
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Virgin still had the aspirational goal of becoming Australia's airline of choice...
How can that be the case when you get rid of your 100 seater with no clear alternative operator in place who will fly your pax around with the same product and with a VA paint job on the skin.
Ditto for the ATR, reduce the fleet by 3/4 therefore basically giving up everything north of Coffs Harbour.
How can you be Australia's airline of choice when you've either given up on regional or you are going to shovel your pax onto other operators with different product and branding?
Maybe all this 'strategy' is nothing more then a fire sale to keep the doors open until the last folly (HK from MEL and SYD) finally sinks the listing ship?
How can that be the case when you get rid of your 100 seater with no clear alternative operator in place who will fly your pax around with the same product and with a VA paint job on the skin.
Ditto for the ATR, reduce the fleet by 3/4 therefore basically giving up everything north of Coffs Harbour.
How can you be Australia's airline of choice when you've either given up on regional or you are going to shovel your pax onto other operators with different product and branding?
Maybe all this 'strategy' is nothing more then a fire sale to keep the doors open until the last folly (HK from MEL and SYD) finally sinks the listing ship?
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Jetgo are going to need another 6-8 aircraft by July if they want to take over the runs and I can't see that happening.
Alliance can offer the F50, F70 or the F100.
ASX announcement today confirming Alliance will be flying BDB, GLT, MOV, PQQ with VA flight nos. In addition to the wet lease flying to Cloncurry, Mt Isa, and Rocky.
Happy days...
Happy days...
Pretty soon Alliance will be able to buy VA. Probably to shut it down.
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The 'alliance' with Alliance is supposedly for 12 months....
What then? The company portray this as a crewing resource issue, which is part of the problem, but when they restore the pilot numbers, what do they have to re-commence those 70-100 seat routes in QLD that Alliance are supposedly covering as a temporary issue....?
The answer is nothing. Therefore this must be a deliberate strategy all along to contract out the 70-100 seater market...
In other words, this arrangement is as 'temporary' as the Federal budgets deficits are promised to be.
What then? The company portray this as a crewing resource issue, which is part of the problem, but when they restore the pilot numbers, what do they have to re-commence those 70-100 seat routes in QLD that Alliance are supposedly covering as a temporary issue....?
The answer is nothing. Therefore this must be a deliberate strategy all along to contract out the 70-100 seater market...
In other words, this arrangement is as 'temporary' as the Federal budgets deficits are promised to be.
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Well Boeing you're not correct in that,
Whilst I some what agree, the wet lease clause does state that there will be no wet leasing or subcontracting on routes operated by VARA, July 17th these routes will not be operated by VARA ATR 72 aircraft, unless, they bring the F100 or A320 from the west coast. July 18th VA can get whom ever they like so in comes Alliance to operate these routes.
Whilst I some what agree, the wet lease clause does state that there will be no wet leasing or subcontracting on routes operated by VARA, July 17th these routes will not be operated by VARA ATR 72 aircraft, unless, they bring the F100 or A320 from the west coast. July 18th VA can get whom ever they like so in comes Alliance to operate these routes.
Virgin Australia hands regional routes to Alliance
There goes what, 30-40 commands someone already in the group has done their time for?
unemployed queue.
The operation of the regional Queensland and wet-lease flights will acquire an additional three operational aircraft that have already been acquired from Austrian Airlines,’’ Alliance said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange. “ - See more at: Virgin Australia hands regional routes to Alliance