indogulf,

My experience of Virgin Express is generally poor, especially the time-keeping. They are a low cost (budget) carrier, so they groung-staff support is limited and this can often cause delays loading aircraft etc.

Also, as a low-cost carrier there turn-round times are kept to a minimum, so if the inbound flight is delayed the possibility of catching up is limited and this contributes to their delays.

My recent experience of BRU-LHR is that BD (British Midland) has the best time-keeping, although this averages out at about a 45 minute delay.

I am flying BRU-BHX this afternoon (BD656) and will make a note of how Virgin Express are doing then!

Regards,
Nick

PS: The chances of your inbound flight arriving from Barcelona are very limited. The delays from Barcelona are so bad that Iberia are proposing to cut 35% of their flights in order to reduce ATC congestion.

[This message has been edited by Merry (edited 06-04-99).]