I think I like it but I’m going to reserve judgement until I see it in the flesh. The thing I find odd is that in a country so proud of it’s flag they’ve changed the ‘stars and stripes’ to ‘stripes and stripes’. Maybe to give it a sense of movement?

I think I’m unusual in that I never really liked the previous livery but I do understand that it had been around for so long it was iconic to many.

more capacity could be found moving to larger aircraft.

It could, but for shorthaul flying the high-paying business traveller demands frequency otherwise there is no point in paying extra for flexible tickets. For shorthaul routes there is a fine balance of frequency vs aircraft size for airlines to get right.

Great photo but I really dislike Monarch’s current scheme.

Great video, made me think of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz9-kEXWuUQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtCVJKPJjgY

Officially the minimum connection time between T5 and T1 and vice versa is 90 minutes . I’ve done it a few times recently and it’s always been very straightforward and much quicker.

I hope you have a great trip, I’ve been flying with BA a fair bit recently and I have to say despite sometimes having fairly negative press on this forum I’ve been very impressed particularly with the staff.

I know nothing about Avios but the question that springs to my mind is:

Is the number of points needed based on distance flown or the cost of the ticket? If the latter then has the number of points needed gone up because the ticket costs now more than when you checked in April?

Either way, sorry about your disappointment.

Great pictures there, still really loving the Thai livery, gotta love the 340-600.

I really love the shade of red VS are using now although I still think the VS title typeface is too fine. Agreed Matt about it being wrong if BA ever went for a ‘razzmatazz look’. Safe, solid and reliable is BA’s selling point.

These flights were always going to be wet-lease so no surprise there except that I might have expected an ACMI specialist rather than EI.

Let’s face it VS domestics are just another example of Branson having bright ideas that VS management then have to implement to save face on his behalf. I don’t think anyone expects these flights to be around for long (even VS given the wet-lease vs in-house decision) so I also didn’t expect any major investment in aircraft cabins.

Perhaps the ground products and inflight service will differentiate them from BA domestics but I doubt it, they are going to struggle to make money on these flights as it is without spending a fortune on what they offer in terminals and onboard.

I really rate VS as an airline but if Branson put as much effort into his business as he does trying to get one up on BA I’d rate them more.