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I’d still be happy with a pay per use lounge or something, if VA never intend to use it again. Better than nothing. I somehow think it would be very hard to spin a dollar from it however.

My old folks re booked flights for August with JQ, absolutely free. Virgin wouldn’t book that far ahead for one, neither QF, JQ did though. Definitely shout out to these guys at the moment. I was sort of just expecting ‘relief’ fares or something, but pretty flexible free fares, is good stuff.

I only asked as the aircraft in Melbourne is not all blocked off, just parked down at the jetbase. The OOL aircraft above also only got the concrete blocks today, was just parked as per normal prior. MCY had the concrete blocks on it from the get go. I remember Perth Airport parking stuff in...

This was on my Facebook feed, they are literally blocking the whole aircraft now. But who is doing this? If the lessor has repossessed them? Why do they need to block them off? What’s the airline going to do? Fly them off somewhere? They are not Bonza’s. What the heck is Bonza doing to do with...

You know he is telling lies when he said loads are ‘fantastic’ yet all the airports released data pointing to 50/60% Loads.

The submissions being very mixed and largely siding with VA will no doubt add to the complexity of the decision. I think the longer it goes, it might be siding with VA. It will take the commission extra time to write up and prepare a response on why it would side with VA, vs splitting it both...

Actually I was tossing up whether to buy a pair, I was going to do it next time o flew them, certainly a bit of aviation nostalgia for the future! I guess all the stock might end up online to flog off eventually.

I agree. The wet leasing, delayed AOC launch, delayed OOL kickoff, lighter loads, the cash was just whittled away to nothing too quick. The Flair leases would have been eye watering

Pilots won’t have issues getting jobs if they wish to work for remaining operators. Jetstar has already setup a dedicated careers page, and according to a LinkedIn Post, Virgin Management are contacting all Pilots. Certainly a very valuable group of people that the majors would like to bring in.

Bonza was safe, from all reports it was a very experienced culture. I think that’s where Tiger went wrong pre grounding, safety went out the window. Bonza’s check and training department was run by ex QF 737 folks who came out of retirement to run this. I met one of them on my flights. Amongst...

Camaust have some 1/200 scale models still in stock for those wanting a piece of history. We are unlikely to see a significant new RPT player for a long while, if ever again. I think the scene is now set for the next few decades. Still a bit unknown what Rex will look like. They will play an...

No chance. Unsecured creditor. 777 Partners will take the lions share being a secured creditor, if any drops of cash remain. I’d start a credit card chargeback, and just move on. Perhaps wait a week to see if the others launch relief fares or something.

Will be interesting to see if anyone picks up any of the routes. I can see Jetstar potentially operating a seasonal MCY-CNS.

That would make sense if they planned on moving them ‘away’, ie to BNE, to avoid any drama. Brisbane won’t ramp block them, as they would be getting paid from the lessors. Perhaps the airports, suppliers etc should have asked for payment on delivery a while back. Looks like Nauru airlines did...

According to that same Facebook site, yes. I guess we will see later tonight.

Interesting the photo on the QLD Planespotters page has concrete blocks placed in front of each aircraft. I wonder if that is MCY doing that or the lessor. I remember Perth blocked Virgin aircraft during the bankruptcy

Hall Chadwick has been appointed as administrators to the airline. The cash situation will be interesting here. I think they have burnt more vs what people think.

Those Flair crews in the country no doubt to also move some of the aircraft back to Canada.

According to a recent post on my Facebook feed, landing in BNE tonight 2300hrs

That’s a tough one. They have said it’s sort of a ‘temporary’ cancellation of services at the moment. As far as the bank is concerned, they could say flights in the month ahead are still expected to operate, regardless of the internal operational logistics at play (ie no fleet). I think the...