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By: 6th January 2006 at 17:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Has the name that won the ebay bid been announced yet?
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-so are virgin atlantic going all airbus
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Has the name that won the ebay bid been announced yet?
Not yet, should be soon though, the name will go on G-VYOU.
so are virgin atlantic going all airbus
They were lucking to buy or lease some 744s but were too expensive, so looks like Airbus for now.
Nick
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-cool so how big is virgins currant fleet
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-cool so how big is virgins currant fleet
Virgin currently operate the following:
9 x A340-300 (1 lsd to Virgin Nigeria)
13 x A340-600
13 x B747-400
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-cheersa personly i think they have the best looking aircraft in the UK great planes names too
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-cheersa personly i think they have the best looking aircraft in the UK great planes names too
I absolutely agree; it's nice to see a company that doesn't take itself too seriously :)
By: 6th January 2006 at 18:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-their planes do look good, but they are quite expensive to fly with although they are a good airline. Hopefully me & philgatwick05 will see a few at LGW tomorrow!
By: 6th January 2006 at 19:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well personally I think they look tacky!
By: 6th January 2006 at 20:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-G-VFIZ - Bubbles - A340-600 Due Jul 06
This one's been named after a celebrity chimp ! :eek:
By: 6th January 2006 at 20:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-their planes do look good, but they are quite expensive to fly with although they are a good airline. Hopefully me & philgatwick05 will see a few at LGW tomorrow!
I think their fares are very average, perhaps even cheaper than other airlines such as British Airways on some routes.
By: 7th January 2006 at 04:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Those seem to be all in the first half of the year :) thats cool:) and what routes and frequencies would be added due to the delieveries does anyone know about that?
By: 7th January 2006 at 19:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Obviously Dubai and Mo Bay. The rest are initially going to be used to allow increased frequency on existing operations (eg 3rd LA per day, etc.). Lots of talk of desired routes for the future such as Seoul, Sao Paulo/Rio/BA, Vancouver, etc.
By: 7th January 2006 at 23:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Noticed on the VS thread on airliners.net that there is meant to be a "shock" new MAN route....JFK! Just cannot envisage them operating it now, especially as the "right" aircraft is being displaced and also given that the range of destinations from MAN are predominantely leisure based: MCO, BGI and UVF (even if the latter is STILL not listed on their timetable!)
By: 8th January 2006 at 07:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I am flying them back to London early Feb. Do they only use the A340-300 on the JNB-LHR route. Also someone was telling me that all the economy seats on this route are actually premium economy, any truth? Also for the record Virgin was cheaper than BA & SAA. The Virgin costs include connecting flights to and from Edinburgh
By: 8th January 2006 at 09:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Noticed on the VS thread on airliners.net that there is meant to be a "shock" new MAN route....JFK!I can't see BA, Delta, PIA and Virgin all working MAN-JFK.
Still, if it's on the Internet it must be true..... :diablo:
By: 8th January 2006 at 10:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks for the info Nick
By: 8th January 2006 at 10:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I am flying them back to London early Feb. Do they only use the A340-300 on the JNB-LHR route. Also someone was telling me that all the economy seats on this route are actually premium economy, any truth? Also for the record Virgin was cheaper than BA & SAA. The Virgin costs include connecting flights to and from Edinburgh
Hi Kev great to hear from you again. I havn't yet got my roster for Feb but I'll let you know if I get a JNB! These days the JNB is mostly on the A346. All A346's have Upper Class Suite, Premium Economy and Economy 3 class layout.
There are also rumours (last person to tell me this was a senior training captain) that there will be more orders to come for a fleet of 160+ aircraft by 10 years from now. I reckon it will be a mixed bag of more A346 plus B777-300ER and B747-800 (as long as the B747-800 is enough of an improvement over the B747-400 otherwise it would just be A346 and B777-300ER). As for the A380...well I'll wait and see how that pans out.
By: 8th January 2006 at 11:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi Kev great to hear from you again. I havn't yet got my roster for Feb but I'll let you know if I get a JNB! These days the JNB is mostly on the A346. All A346's have Upper Class Suite, Premium Economy and Economy 3 class layout..
Good to hear from you again. I am supposed to be flying the following
03FEB JNBLHR
17FEB LHRJNB
So if you get any of them give me a shout. If so do I get a flight deck visit?
Also last I saw about 2 weeks ago they were still using the A340-300 although believe me I would rather fly the A340-600. I will take my camera with and post pictures when I am in the UK as Internet over here is poor.
By: 8th January 2006 at 16:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I know I wont be on the 3rd (due to the way my roster ends this month). Virgin Nigeria operate a 300 (G-VBUS, soon the be joined by G-VSUN and a couple of others) into JNB but more often than not Atlantic are shoving a 600 down your way.
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By: vrocking - 6th January 2006 at 17:44
Hello,
Thought I would show the new names and reges for Virgin Atlantic for 2006 :)
G-VBLU - Soul Sister - A340-600 Due Feb 06
G-VFIT - Dancing Queen - A340-600 Due May 06
G-VFIZ - Bubbles - A340-600 Due Jul 06
G-VHIP - TBA - A340-600
G-VWIN - Lady Luck - A340-600 Due Feb 06
G-VYOU - TBA - A340-600
Thanks
Nick