Re: Virgin SYD-MEL

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Dave Proctor" <david@spambait.proctor.net> wrote in message
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> Found in aus.aviation - who was it who said "For one thing, they need
> planes.  If they had enough to add the route straight away, that would
> be excess capacity that would be sitting around costing them a pile.
> OK, they have 14 new 737's coming, but it takes Boeing a bit longer to
> put a plane together than Holden does a car.  Secondly, don't you
> think they'll analyse what went wrong with Impulse on the
> Sydney-Melbourne route and make sure they don't make the same
> mistakes?"
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, 24 May 2001 14:14:20 +1000, David Bromage
> <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote:
>
> >According to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, Virgin Blue could be
> >flying SYD-MEL as early as next month.

And the operative word is "could".

> >Under the ACCC decision, Virgin is entitled to 60% of the Sydney slots
> >vacated by Impulse. If Virgin doesn't take them, they will revert to a
> >new entrant. As there is no new entrant, the ACCC will allow them to
> >revert to Qantas.
> >
> >With another 737-700 arriving in a few weeks, this could mean 6 services
> >per day from next month.

Again, only one of the 14 that they have ordered.

Not saying they won't do it, but it will take them a bit of time to plan it
out.

Al