danairboy: What degree of self-delusion leads you to the somewhat Mittyesque belief that you know why these airlines have made the choices they have? Did they, perchance, consult you beforehand?

I think not.

Your xenophobia, like your fixation with airline food, has become more than a litte tiresome of late.

Please take your political stances and postures elsewhere.

The computer won’t let an A340 in there…. LOL

Hmmmm….let’s see what, if anything, wysiwyg has to say on the matter.

After all, he does fly them for a living, no? 😉

The DUB-MAN flight is still serviced by B737-200s.

That’s what MAP Plc gets for disobeying The Mighty MOL!!!! 😮

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.

Hmmmmm…. but surely the USA would have tacitly welcomed the removal of British interests in the Pacific? One economic and trading rival less, after all.

So long as US strategic and economic interests weren’t under threat, I don’t think they would have lifted a finger.