Originally Posted by
Sink r8
TOC indeed. We don't need to do their intra-Europe. They can shift crews to do the intra-Europe, and we can fly more of the Atlantic, in a cost-effective way.
Big picture that seems like the way it will go.
Since Virgin needs to restructure, there will be some effort on rationalizing the widebody fleet and refocusing on standing up a new narrowbody fleet that does the intra-Europe feed.
Virgin has indicated it is in the process of joining SkyTeam.
I still imagine DAL will integrate the VA flying into the existing Transatlantic JV. I doubt AF/KLM/AZ will let DAL carve the most lucrative Transatlantic market out of the existing profit-sharing agreement without a fight.
Plug in a few more dots and I see a way to have a transaction not unlike the 717/76-seater/50-seater deal, but across multiple continents, carriers and fleets...
This deal could work really well for Delta and if we push for the right things, Delta pilots.
Cheers
George