VX adding SFO-MSY, KOA, RDU, BNA and others
Mar 22, 2017, 4:40 pm
#31
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Preferably waiting for takeoff
Programs: AA EXP, MVPG, DL Silver, United Silver, Accor Platinum, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 458
Saw this on the jetset:
http://thejetset.tv/2017/03/22/exclu...rlines-expect/
◾The new company’s name will remain Alaska Airlines
◾Virgin America planes will increase 8 first class seats to 12, though it’ll be a new seat
◾Rumor is the new seat may not be motorized
◾The seat pitch in first class will decrease from 55″ to 41″
◾The leases on the Airbus aircraft don’t expire until 2020, so expect to see the VX planes until such time
◾Fleetwide new cabin interiors are planned, it seems to be “moodlighting” is the surviving aspect of Virgin America
◾In 2019 the Virgin America brand will vanish, and new uniforms will be unveiled
◾The RED InFlight Entertainment system and on-demand ordering will probably be removed and replaced with personal entertainment devices
◾Also in 2019 operations at SFO will combine in Terminal 2, and American Airlines will move to Terminal 1
I have no idea if true or not. Interesting news nonetheless.
http://thejetset.tv/2017/03/22/exclu...rlines-expect/
◾The new company’s name will remain Alaska Airlines
◾Virgin America planes will increase 8 first class seats to 12, though it’ll be a new seat
◾Rumor is the new seat may not be motorized
◾The seat pitch in first class will decrease from 55″ to 41″
◾The leases on the Airbus aircraft don’t expire until 2020, so expect to see the VX planes until such time
◾Fleetwide new cabin interiors are planned, it seems to be “moodlighting” is the surviving aspect of Virgin America
◾In 2019 the Virgin America brand will vanish, and new uniforms will be unveiled
◾The RED InFlight Entertainment system and on-demand ordering will probably be removed and replaced with personal entertainment devices
◾Also in 2019 operations at SFO will combine in Terminal 2, and American Airlines will move to Terminal 1
I have no idea if true or not. Interesting news nonetheless.
Mar 22, 2017, 6:33 pm
#32
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,384
https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...e-people-love/
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
Mar 22, 2017, 7:12 pm
#33
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 597
https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...e-people-love/
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
Mar 22, 2017, 8:28 pm
#34
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Preferably waiting for takeoff
Programs: AA EXP, MVPG, DL Silver, United Silver, Accor Platinum, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 458
https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...e-people-love/
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
That's as official as it gets. Wow, no lie-flats, not doing a premium fleet. I wonder how that is gonna work on California-NYC. With B6 in the market and doing a premium product, it feels like a bet the company moment where that could backfire...
Mar 22, 2017, 9:05 pm
#35
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: PSP
Programs: AA Plat-2MM, Marriott Plat, former VX Gold forever
Posts: 117
My immediate reaction is strongly negative. Everyone else has upgraded their premium product. Alaska downgrades the Virgin legacy routes. Counter-programming can work in broadcasting when you simply want a share of the market, so maybe it'll work here. But I'm less than thrilled about losing 14 inches of pitch and all that goes with it on the transcons.