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what ? Which virgin business model ? Old Virgin or virgin mark 2 ?

any australian airline is an Australian flag carrier.

that's incorrect. They own 4 x B777s (1 leased). They leased all A330s (about 5 I think). They own around 2/3 of their 737s, about 40 or 50…

cheap international airfares

cineplex (might only be in Bris/SE Qld) has $7 stduent tickets anytime except public holidays & $6 Mon-Fri before 6pm & Tue nights & $7…

no, but suggest they should use their new fleet more. Increase utilisation. Southwest, biggest U.S. domestic airline, famously soon after…

yes fully understand charter flights. Virgin has a lot of pilots/cabin crew who won't be employed. They could offer them part time work, on…

even the busiest airport in the region, Sydney, has slots available now, but maybe not in peak hour.

tell tradie to go away. Sounds like he won't do anymore work without extra payment, so if anything does need fixing, might have to get…

all airlines merge flights. eg. if Qantas has a 7am & 7.15am flight SYD/MEL & neither full & total number of passengers is less than could…

plan for virgin mark 2 at present is to be full service like Qantas, not like Virgin Blue or Jetstar, but cheaper than Qantas. What…

to be successful a series of charters, most need to fill aircraft in both directions, not necessarily to 100% load factor, but any empty…

freight is money & can cross subsidise passenger fares, so an airline might break even on passenger fares, but overall make a profit due to…

no airline cancels flights just because they only have 75% load factor. FYI A flight that has only 50% load factor, can have much more…

plenty of aircraft & little or no competition whatsoever on some routes Virgin to fly.

yes old Virgin did make money on their international flights. Some routes more profitable than other. Some NZ flights were not that…

after reading comments in another thread, thought this idea, deserved another thread. Virgin has been saying they won't be doing…

maybe virgin needs a charter division, ie a few staff to handle charters, not dozens. They work in with main airline. Simpler model to main…

yeah but this is not a new airline. Virtually no start up costs. Existing airline exists already.

kind of makes sense, but where would the money come from ? Pilots ?

Flight Centre(BYO Jet/Aunt Betty etc) will survive. They will just be smaller, with less physical offices & more people working from home.…

thinking of going to U.S. in January so might get some U.S. dollars now. It seems those in the know are saying all restrictions on air…

just drove Brisbane to Australia Zoo on Steve Irwin Way & fuel was $120 to $140 for e10 most of way, but at glass house Mt Puma $110 with 4…

so $56 for 24 bottles ? Doesn't sound cheap ? (guess 3 x 6 packs always cost about the same as a carton of 24, which is why never buy 6…

got refund for China air flights to Europe, but not Thai flights. Thai are in admin like Virgin here, so been told might only get a credit.

Jucy are good, even if owned by kiwis (don't get me started). Older cars & campers but who cares. Sometimes campers (imported used…

that is now. Quarantine for 2 weeks could be canned at any time & will have to be soon or we'll have no airlines left at all.

which couldn't have been properly tested in the short time they've had to develop it, but if you are elderly or vulnerable probably worth…

it's now close to 72 cents. Highest it's been in a long time.

don't think there's any demand for Being 777-330ER with small freight doors. They'd have to give them away or lease them very cheaply. Fiji…