Originally Posted by
eyechip
Oh, the joys of virtual airline management!
5. Get the Elevate details out and promoted! I know a number of flyers in DC who simply avoid VX until they confirm international partners. A tie in with VA will be huge for DC as it will mean two daily flights (in summer) to redeem to London. An Asian partner would also be beneficial.
6. VX needs to be conscious of the very international population of DC. DC is conservative (as in: European formality rather than Republican idiocy) and they should tone down the Rock and Roll of Virgin and play up that they are far more civilized and refined than the old school mainline carriers. Play up the Euro Style in essence.
That's my say. Hell, maybe we should all start our own Flyer Talk Airline. Who knows better? Each of us can run our corresponding market - with Randy Peterson as CEO. But hey, we would probably make it too customer friendly. The horror of that!
Yes, get eleVAte out NOW. I would be more inclined to fly VX if I knew what type of FF program they have.
Is VX really Euro-style? I thought they were more of a California type airline. Think Around the World in 80 days (the book) when Fogg gets into SFO.
I would be happy to run the SEA chapter of FTAir. The fleet would be 763's for international TATL and TPAC in addition to 752's for some TATL and domestic while the domestic workhorse would be the EMB-190LR, I believe it has TransCon range. Just my idea for a good fleet. Of course getting everyone to agree on a fleet would take countless threads.