Comments on: Across the Aisle from Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey at V Australia Launch http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/09/across-the-aisle-from-virgin-blue-ceo-brett-godfrey-at-v-australia-launch/ Thu, 24 May 2012 15:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ourmaninoz http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/09/across-the-aisle-from-virgin-blue-ceo-brett-godfrey-at-v-australia-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-70630 ourmaninoz Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:33:46 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2080#comment-70630 reports emerging today that 400 Virgin Blue staff to be let go....some will surely be transferred to V Australia...but only a minority I would guess....cant think of a worse time for V australia to be launching...but not brave enough to second guess Branson!... http://ourmaninoz.com/2009/02/17/vaustralia-international-airline-australia/ reports emerging today that 400 Virgin Blue staff to be let go….some will surely be transferred to V Australia…but only a minority I would guess….cant think of a worse time for V australia to be launching…but not brave enough to second guess Branson!… http://ourmaninoz.com/2009/02/17/vaustralia-international-airline-australia/

]]> By: CF http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/09/across-the-aisle-from-virgin-blue-ceo-brett-godfrey-at-v-australia-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-70432 CF Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:07:18 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2080#comment-70432 Ellis - You're right - there hasn't been a massive push here, but I have started to see more signs of their arrival. The people that know they're coming are excited to have another option, and plummeting fares always get good press. Still, I think V Australia will pull far more from Australia than the US since they have the Virgin Blue network behind them. That's why I would like a deal with Delta - they have complementary flight times and they could feed each other on both ends. Ellis – You’re right – there hasn’t been a massive push here, but I have started to see more signs of their arrival. The people that know they’re coming are excited to have another option, and plummeting fares always get good press. Still, I think V Australia will pull far more from Australia than the US since they have the Virgin Blue network behind them. That’s why I would like a deal with Delta – they have complementary flight times and they could feed each other on both ends.

]]> By: Ellis Taylor http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/09/across-the-aisle-from-virgin-blue-ceo-brett-godfrey-at-v-australia-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-70423 Ellis Taylor Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:17:29 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2080#comment-70423 Thanks for following up on this one, Cranky. From my past experience at Jetstar, it was systems issues that held up their codesharing with parties other than Qantas as the old OpenSkies system wasn't designed for it. Now that they've gone with New Skies, they just announced that they will be doing interlining and a few codeshares. They were looking at doing a deal with Aloha before they collapsed for feed on the HNL services, so there could be an interesting story there later. I hope you enjoyed the Aussie hospitality there. Brett's always pretty upfront and doesn't do a lot of spin, which is refreshing. In Australia, there's a fair bit of anticipation for the launch of their flights, but I understand there hasn't been a major push in the US yet. What's the buzz there, Cranky? Thanks for following up on this one, Cranky. From my past experience at Jetstar, it was systems issues that held up their codesharing with parties other than Qantas as the old OpenSkies system wasn’t designed for it. Now that they’ve gone with New Skies, they just announced that they will be doing interlining and a few codeshares. They were looking at doing a deal with Aloha before they collapsed for feed on the HNL services, so there could be an interesting story there later.

I hope you enjoyed the Aussie hospitality there. Brett’s always pretty upfront and doesn’t do a lot of spin, which is refreshing. In Australia, there’s a fair bit of anticipation for the launch of their flights, but I understand there hasn’t been a major push in the US yet. What’s the buzz there, Cranky?

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