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Virgin Blue carries about 10 per cent of Australia's domestic travellers. |
Yes almost choked on that one too. I didn't think seat pitch between Q and V was all that dissimilar. Maybe on 737-700 it's more pronounced. Anyone know the numbers?
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List of largest airlines in Oceania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First 9 months of this year: 1http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tralia.svg.png Qantas Group31,674,000 (Jan - Sep) 2http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tralia.svg.png Virgin Blue and Pacific Blue14,199,243 (Jan - Sep) |
why the long face seabiscuit....? where'd the last msgs go?
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VUY is white
Picture on jetspotter.com shows VUY is all white.
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/...4c6386ea_b.jpg
From Puget Sound website: December 05, 2010 3:23 PM Anonymous said... There will be no new scheme on VH-VUY nor VH-VUZ. The first FACTORY aircraft with the new scheme will be VH-YFC. VH-VUY and VUZ will be painted all white with no titles and deliver as such. A Virgin Blue decal will be applied at Brisbane and they will both enter service as such. The rebranding has not yet been finalised but the name will likely to dropped in favour of something else and the new airline will of course feature a fresh livery as well. Source: Virgin Blue ops. Another photo here on flikr Virgin Blue VH-VUY | Flickr - Photo Sharing! |
It's timely to revisit an earlier post about an EX QF GM rumoured to be heading to Virgin Blue.........
If you are referring to Roger Lindemann he'll be an enormous coup for VB. No one who ever met him [in whatever capacity] could ever come a way less than impressed. He was loved by his staff who shed many a tear when he left LA. An EX QF GM who had the ability to "bring his staff with him" rather than stand behind them with a stick. That type where once a rare species at Qantas. Now they are extinct, eh Lisley ??? Yeah, one of nature's true Gentlemen who you just instinctively knew was of sound moral character. I watched him take the opportunity to address a whole crew of senior [LA direct type] cabin crew a few years ago in the terminal during a delay situation. He needn't have done so for any operational reason but chose to do so anyway. In three minutes he left them feeling like valued employees who in turn acted on the way home as if they were so........... No patronising, no grand standing just a man of deep personal integrity and decency. The contrast between him and the sociopaths running the company now couldn't be more stark. Eh, Lisley ???? Qantas managers head for the exit Perhaps not heading for the exit but rather jumping a sinking ship......... |
They return fire though..
from the same article: In what is regarded as a retaliatory move, Qantas has poached Virgin Blue's former head of government relations, Tony Wheelens. He left the airline on Friday to become a government relations manager at Qantas, reporting to Rob Wood, the head of government and international relations. |
Gaining a couple of useless spin doctors in exchange for decades of quality international operational experience ??
Yes. Very much the Qantas way.........:ugh: |
Segment of Hans Hulsbosch talking to the Australian newspaper...
While he won’t go into details, the airline’s trademark red livery will remain. “It’s a good colour. It has attitude and the brand needs that.” The rebranding will be revealed in the new year. |
the airline’s trademark red livery will remain
I very much doubt that Piston my old boy.......the only red will be in the name some where...may be in the "V" :D
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Expect purple to be in there somewhere...
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How does that 'Red' handle the UV down here ??????
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Red is crap - it fades and goes chalky. Shows age.
On the other hand the last thing the travelling public want is another V Australia qantas look. God, who made that decision! |
Considering some of the options they had ... anything from the current Virgin Blue Livery (of which plenty 777 model aircraft seem to have been produced in this livery before the current VA livery was finalised), copies of the Australian Airlines livery (the shortlived Qantas offshoot, not the original - indigenous styling), Ocean-esque ones (lots of blue wavy lines - reminded me of Boeing's livery more than anything), etc.
So the silver one came out of nowhere and wasn't in the mockup document that was making the rounds ... I found it very amusing that it copied the Qantas livery in a round about way. No matter how much it was compared to the darker silver used on the Virgin Atlantic aircraft. Either way its very attractive, but with the direction Qantas Freight is going with the blank tail ... I hope to hell Virgin <insert name here> goes with something a little more original. The temporary decals will look rather bizarre on VUY and VUZ until YFC is delivered. |
the last thing the travelling public want is another V Australia qantas look. God, who made that decision! And, or a training centre that you/I couldn't achieve in a more removed locality from an airport???? |
Was it not Brett/& or one of his 'Mates' in the primary sense on his behalf.................????? And, or a training centre that you/I couldn't achieve in a more removed locality from an airport???? On a positive note JB has implemented a new 'managers must wear a tie rule'. No more open neck shirts. Could be dangerous as most managers already have a deficient amount of oxygen circulating through to their brains, so watch out for more odd funky decisions and announcements as a result ! |
Cactus
Any laces in their footwear??? 28 |
Definitely not. Most likely they will wear lace free 'New & Lingwood Russian Calf Shoes', along with a silk Ascot cravat for those special meetings at Ergonomic Central.
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Aagh, yeah riight............ yeah right..... 10 years- evolution hu, tis a buggar waiting isn't it...........
Cravat, you say- maybe Master Chief is on the way for Ergonomic Central. Buy the way, did they manage to sell/shift that when they were trying a while ago????? |
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