Virgin Little Red gets the bullet
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#1 - by whitehatter on Mon October 6, 2014 at 14:56 GMT
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/virgin-atlantic-axes-loss-making-carrier-little-red-404482/
Usual whingeing about how it's all BA's fault. Virgin have decided to can Little Red as they can't sustain the losses the service makes. The slots will now revert to British Airways as VS haven't managed to operate them for the required three years. -
#2 - by whitehatter on Wed October 8, 2014 at 02:32 GMT
I never understood why VS went with Aer Lingus for a start.
Surely a deal with FlyBE would have been more suitable, using Embraer 190s. Lower fuel costs, cheaper UK-based crew and the benefit of all the lower charges the smaller plane would bring. The A320 was too big for the route, even BMI used to use the A319 or the ERJ145 at times. -
#3 - by Sam-at-MAN on Wed October 8, 2014 at 13:45 GMT
I'm not sure who tendered for the contract originally, but Flybe recently put in a tender for the Little Red contract using EMB 190s - I'm assuming this wasn't cheap enough for VS hence the route getting axed.
Quoting whitehatter, from a previous post
cheaper UK-based crew
Majority of the current Little Red crew are UK based anyway. Cabin crew are agency staff and based at ABZ, EDI, LHR and MAN. Flight deck are predominantly either LHR and LGW based Aer Lingus crew.