Northwest 777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 222 posts, RR: 0 Posted (12 years 8 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 855 times:
With the addition of Virgin Blue in Australia and the recent investment from Singapore Airlines, does this mean that soon Virgin Atlanitc might start flying service to Australia with a stop in Singapore? It seems logical enough to me. Also, what kind of plane would be most logical for that flight; A340 or 744.
I'm also looking to find out if a rumor I heard about Virgin possibly ordering 777s is true so if anyone has heard anything about that I would appreciate hearing about it.
PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (12 years 8 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 831 times:
Virgin and Australia would be nice but they already have a code share with MAS over Kuala Lumpur, a tie up with Ansett over HKG and are 49% owned by Singapore.
It probably will happen, but the context will have to fall within the UK/Australia agreements.
As far as equipment is concerned, either type would be fine and the A3XX would be ideal (in "Backpacker fit" )
As far as the B777 situation is concerned, Virgin did place returnable deposits on a small number of delivery positions (two I think) and then gave a questionnaire to passengers about big twins over water.
The resulting 80%+ request NOT to use twins was amajor factor in Virgin selling on those positions and ordering A340-600s.
Sponsor Message: 
From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 222 posts, 
From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, 
)
Printer friendly format 
