Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
So... I'm trying to wrap my head around this Virgin Atlantic thing. Needless to say, I'm quite nervous about the codeshare scope agreement that will be done with DALPA, particularly after the Virgin Australia one just signed.
Oh, and VA is yet another company we are codesharing with that is taking delivery of very large aircraft while we are trading large aircraft for smaller, lower paying metal.
Well.... we'll see.
I get your first point, but not the second. If flying is allocated on the basis of EASK's, or a similar metric, I'd rather see a hypothetical partner fly 2 A380's for 5 767's at Delta. There is a greater benefit for you and I this way, rather than the other way around.
Interestingly, I guess the VA(ustralia) agreement is predicated on departures. I think they're using 777-300's. A bit of a black eye there...
As far as VA(tlantic) goes, I have to assume they also fly east of LHR. Even if we were to have a fair division of flying INTO LHR (and this is getting way ahead of ourselves), then we still probably would end creating just another hub machine, that we would merely feed. Bypassing our own former hub-bypass efforts, so to speak.
What's good for us is a bunch of happy customer flying smaller airplanes, on direct, high-yielding routes.
Hypothetical: this is how I'm getting to like my ventures and mergers, by the way.