Virgin 3.0 product revealed

[jakeseven7]

Want to ring and see if I can use my WP upgrades for an upcoming flight - and then I see the call centre opens at 09:00. I can wait until then of course but surely hours used to be longer? It's another small sign VA has been cut through the fat and muscle, well into the bone. I really hope they become a decent alternative (I'm not sure I can even call it competitor) to QF again, rather than a cheap and nasty JQ equivalent. And we know there's no way VA will out-JQ JQ.

I still think I'd rather a measly offering, even cup noodles in J, and give them time to get back on their feet (as much as they can) rather than turn into Tigerair or worse yet liquidate completely. A weak QF alternative is better than no alternative at all. I'll try to remember that when I fly in YX shortly, and without the lounge in either direction...

REX could become our alternative....

 

[HS-TQE]

REX could become our alternative....

Another question is whether their Singapore part-owners have the capital to outlast Bain's VA (or in other words their business model also has the possibility that VA falls over through a Bain 'screw up') as it's happened before with other companies on Bain's track record and REX could claim a 'Bradbury' to occupy #2.

 

[jakeseven7]

Another question is whether their Singapore part-owners have the capital to outlast Bain's VA (or in other words their business model also has the possibility that VA falls over through a Bain 'screw up') as it's happened before with other companies on Bain's track record and REX could claim a 'Bradbury' to occupy #2.

Or REX could be the eventual buyer of VA2....

 

[HS-TQE]

Or REX could be the eventual buyer of VA2....

Would not surprise me.

IMO, likely scenario of REX being interested would likely be in a liquidation sale with the leftover shell of VA (Staff, 737 leases/bank mortgages and VARA's unmortgaged Fokkers) if one of Bain's infamous stuff-ups with the other companies happened at VA which lead to filing liquidation.