Virgin Atlantic Merger With BMI `Logical', Chief Executive Says!!

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL
OK They will codeshare on the MAN-LAS flights but thats all.

Virgin do actually codeshare on some of bmi’s other services like MAD and LIN and some domestics. Its not a well known fact, and you won’t see the VSXXXX flight numbers on the arrivals board, but they are in the CRS systems and you can book Virgin from LHR to MAD and you’ll be on BD aircraft. This has been going on for years.

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL
OK They will codeshare on the MAN-LAS flights but thats all.

Virgin do actually codeshare on some of bmi’s other services like MAD and LIN and some domestics. Its not a well known fact, and you won’t see the VSXXXX flight numbers on the arrivals board, but they are in the CRS systems and you can book Virgin from LHR to MAD and you’ll be on BD aircraft. This has been going on for years.

Sorry for the confusion by saying ‘alliance’. What I was trying to say was that the two airlines must have some sort of deal, as you can use Virgin Flying club miles to buy flights on BMI. Looking at the Virgin website, they can also be used with the following airlines aswell:

Air Jamaica
Air New Zealand
Air Seychelles
All Nippon Airways
America West Airlines
Austrian Airlines Group
bmi
Caribbean Star Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Frontier Airlines
Gulf Air
Hawaiian Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Nationwide Airlines (until 1 December 2004)
SAS
Singapore Airlines

Sorry for the confusion by saying ‘alliance’. What I was trying to say was that the two airlines must have some sort of deal, as you can use Virgin Flying club miles to buy flights on BMI. Looking at the Virgin website, they can also be used with the following airlines aswell:

Air Jamaica
Air New Zealand
Air Seychelles
All Nippon Airways
America West Airlines
Austrian Airlines Group
bmi
Caribbean Star Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Frontier Airlines
Gulf Air
Hawaiian Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Nationwide Airlines (until 1 December 2004)
SAS
Singapore Airlines

Can i visit the cockpit once landed if your flying 😀

If one of you gets food poisoning you know who to make a PA for 😀

Can i visit the cockpit once landed if your flying 😀

If one of you gets food poisoning you know who to make a PA for 😀

Right I understand now. I thought you had received some bad service and was wondering if the company had made the effort to try to resolve it (like they should). When it comes to the ‘flag carrier’ thing it was purely a PR thing because BA were so keen to drop it (which was fairly inexcusable really). It would have made more sense for British Midland to have used the title but they have been somewhat busy battening down their own hatches for the last few years.
Let me know when your flights are. I may be on one.

Right I understand now. I thought you had received some bad service and was wondering if the company had made the effort to try to resolve it (like they should). When it comes to the ‘flag carrier’ thing it was purely a PR thing because BA were so keen to drop it (which was fairly inexcusable really). It would have made more sense for British Midland to have used the title but they have been somewhat busy battening down their own hatches for the last few years.
Let me know when your flights are. I may be on one.

Sorry for not explaining rully but Virgin’s service is one of the best the only reason i said about it being the secondary flag carrier was because of the lack of European and Domestic services. I cant think of any Flag Carrier without Domestic routes at least!

I have nothing against Virgin, far from it, and we are shortly booking our family holiday with Virgin to JFK from LHR for the end of next August.

Sorry for not explaining rully but Virgin’s service is one of the best the only reason i said about it being the secondary flag carrier was because of the lack of European and Domestic services. I cant think of any Flag Carrier without Domestic routes at least!

I have nothing against Virgin, far from it, and we are shortly booking our family holiday with Virgin to JFK from LHR for the end of next August.

Andy, I know I left out the word funky, it was the second class I fail to understand. You still havn’t stated what aspect of Virgins product is second class based on your experience of useage of the service. Just curious.

From an employees perspective, there’s not much desire to pair up with an airline that
is relatively a shadow of it’s former self, especially when Virgin is currently at its peak. This can be quite graphically demonstrated by the sheer quantity of bmi pilots currently awaiting start dates at Virgin (and BA).

Andy, I know I left out the word funky, it was the second class I fail to understand. You still havn’t stated what aspect of Virgins product is second class based on your experience of useage of the service. Just curious.

From an employees perspective, there’s not much desire to pair up with an airline that
is relatively a shadow of it’s former self, especially when Virgin is currently at its peak. This can be quite graphically demonstrated by the sheer quantity of bmi pilots currently awaiting start dates at Virgin (and BA).

Fair enough, but remember that Singapore Airlines hold a 40-odd percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, and Singapore are Star Alliance members. Could mean nothing, of course, but you never know.

SQ hold 49% of VS, and SK and LH each hold more than 20% of BD. Working out and delivering shareholder value and return on investment for SQ, SK and LH when the merging companies are unlisted has been one of the stumbling blocks that has made this potential merger much more complicated than just a handshake between Sirs Mickey B and Dickie B.

Andy

Fair enough, but remember that Singapore Airlines hold a 40-odd percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, and Singapore are Star Alliance members. Could mean nothing, of course, but you never know.

SQ hold 49% of VS, and SK and LH each hold more than 20% of BD. Working out and delivering shareholder value and return on investment for SQ, SK and LH when the merging companies are unlisted has been one of the stumbling blocks that has made this potential merger much more complicated than just a handshake between Sirs Mickey B and Dickie B.

Andy

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL

Fair enough, but remember that Singapore Airlines hold a 40-odd percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, and Singapore are Star Alliance members.

Could mean nothing, of course, but you never know.

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL

Fair enough, but remember that Singapore Airlines hold a 40-odd percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, and Singapore are Star Alliance members.

Could mean nothing, of course, but you never know.

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL
OK They will codeshare on the MAN-LAS flights but thats all.

LOL @ Andy! bmi are in Star, Vigin is in wot? LOL
OK They will codeshare on the MAN-LAS flights but thats all.

Both of them are members of the same alliance

What alliance would that be then??? :confused:

Andy

Both of them are members of the same alliance

What alliance would that be then??? :confused:

Andy