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adelaide transport wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:00 pm

Virgin CEO has today announced that it is cutting 5 routes from April. One of those is the Adelaide to Sydney route.
As well they are selling of their 7 Airbus A321 planes and will use only 737 aircraft.

Brucetiki wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:11 am

It looks like it's part of a broader plan to ultimately ditch Tiger, and possibly revert Virgin back to a LCC.

cammo wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:07 pm

Brucetiki wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:11 am

It looks like it's part of a broader plan to ultimately ditch Tiger, and possibly revert Virgin back to a LCC.

Do you have a source for this or just your personal opinion?

I know this is the wet dream of certain VirginBlue fanboys on other aviation forums, but the current management of VA have made no indication that this is their plan, and have publicly said the opposite. I also doubt they would be shifting 2 737's from mainline to Tiger if they were secretly hatching a plan to close Tiger down.

Whilst I certainly don't hold much affection for Tiger, I hope they never turn VA back into a LCC - that would be a disaster for the corporate/business segment in Australia.

Ho Really wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:43 am

Just a heads up... Low-cost Filipino carrier Cebu Pacific is exploring expanding routes to Australia over the next few years. They are considering the possibility of adding Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast to Sydney and Melbourne where they already fly five and three times a week. They want to bolster those two destinations before expanding. Since the airline has acquired the new Airbus A321neo routes to other Australian cities are now a real possibility.

Cheers

ginzahikari wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:59 pm

Is that wall next to Gate 14 permanent? [...]

Norman wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:03 pm

Patrick_27 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:40 pm

[...] and whilst I like the fact that there is a much bigger entrance to the international departures, it's kind of weird that you'll go downstairs to do all the security checks then back upstairs to wait for your flight...

Cathay Pacific reduces passenger flights to near zero
Analysts say Hong Kong carrier will need help from shareholders Air China and Swire to survive

Primrose Riordan and Nicolle Liu in Hong Kong AN HOUR AGO (21 March, 2020)

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways plans to reduce its passenger capacity by 96 per cent over the next two months because of the coronavirus, fuelling doubts over whether the flag carrier of Asia’s main international financial hub can survive without a bailout.

[...]

Paul Yong, an equity analyst at DBS Bank, said he believed Cathay could survive for six to nine months even if passenger revenue was zero. He said the company would receive a bailout if needed “just because they’re so much an important part of the economic ecosystem” of Hong Kong.

Cathay had about HK$25bn (US$3.2bn) in cash, Mr Yong said. He estimated the airline would burn through HK$3bn in cash expenses each month, mainly consisting of wages, aircraft leases, maintenance and parking.

“They do have the balance sheet strength and cash in hand to manage through the current situation . . . [but] they will need help from their suppliers and potentially from the government,” Mr Yong said.

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