I think Virgin deserve to get these wonderful aircraft. It seems tragic that they could go to waste at such short notice.
Obviously, being put on display at museums isn’t really wasting them, but they’ve still got some life left in them and should fly until they really are at the end of their careers.
Virgin has claimed that they will ensure all flights are completely full and to do this, they’ll lower the price! We could all afford to fly in such luxury.
However, the way I see it is that British Airways (not familiar with AF) like to have a classic approach to on board facilities and service, compared to Virgin Atlantic which likes hi-tech travel, couldn’t bear it if the passenger had nothing to do. Concorde is an exceptional aircraft, one of it’s kind and one that has been incredibly successful in it’s earlier days.
If Virgin should get hold of some of these aircraft, I think to spray them silver like their A340s and 747s would be an act of cruelty. As much I like this scheme, such a “hi-tech” scheme does certainly not work on an aircraft which we have only ever seen in white.
I think the red logo should be applied to a white fuselage.
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