Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
I'm sure Virgin US does have the best service. In fact, their results might be better if they just mailed every customer a crisp $100 bill and said "thanks for flying United." It isn't hard to be popular when your charging nothing for an expensive product.
Making a profit is an entirely different thing.
What Virgin was set up to do, failed. Virgin was unable to drive United out of operation. Eating United is a cost prohibitive big bite that Virgin can't chew...Great airline, I guess. But it is economic nonsense. The surprise is that it has been around this long.
+1 Bar, but it's AA, not United that's the target.
Remember Branson and BA are pretty much sworn enemies, the immunized transatlantic BA AA alliance is his Perl Harbor...
Virgin Australia puts pressure on Qantas
Virgin America puts pressure on AA
Here's some not so subtle writing on a Vigin Atlantic jet tying it all together (Virgin Australia was formerly known as Virgin Blue)
Are you serious? VA run United or American out of business? You think that's what VA was set up for? With 52 airplanes, A320s at that? With sole domestic services and three Mexican cities, just 19 destinations. And you took all that to mean that VA's "goal that they set out was to put United out of business."
Wow, I'll take a hit of whatever you're smoking............