Virgin Holidays

[RachaelC]

Originally Posted by sakiki

My only worry about Virgin is whether they’ll still be in business by the end of 2021. There was an interesting post on one of the US Disney boards just recently about the US keeping the border closures in place between the UK/Europe and the US and that the US airlines are perfectly happy with this for the present as they’re hoping that Virgin and perhaps a few other European carriers will go under, releasing the routes and landing slots currently monopolized by Virgin and BA on direct flights between London and Orlando. I assume that Delta would be in pole position in that respect. The original poster also posited that transatlantic routes won’t reopen until November 2022 due to the midterm elections, as any COVID uptick thought to be a result of opening the borders would be used by the opposition as a stick to beat the current administration… (Yes, this is veering into conspiracy theory territory but it’s an interesting take on the situation nonetheless. The US airlines are easily surviving on domestic flights; some of those edge into the long haul category anyway.)

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Based on this news, I doubt the US airlines are ‘perfectly happy’ or ‘easily surviving’ at the moment…

reuters/business/aer...ty-2021-09-09/

And airlines both sides of the Atlantic have pushed for the borders to open

ft/content/1d7f4a04-...9-edd34421bc74

Obviously it doesn’t mean the borders will open any time soon, but to state it won’t be for another year is a bold claim!

[sakiki]

Not a bold claim as such, merely speculation from someone posting from the US! I did say it all veers towards conspiracy theory…