V Australia?

[Michael Morrison]

Yeah - have been trauling the timetable... Cant search after mid Jan so prob starts after that

Does anyone know when the 777's re due for delivery?

[lloyd fox]

No i just think he may be a little jet lagged and not sure what day it is.

Announcement still Monday in Sydney and then followed up on Tuesday US time to spread the word over there.

Lloyd

The Ameadus timetable starts on 15DEC and will most likely go through to March as usual. If booking does start soon, I would say that every flight will be full, most likely ALL flights sold out, when December does come. 6-7months advance bookings is quite a smart move

Good to see schedules will "apparently" start around the christmas period, a good chance to jet away for christmas

[David Ramsay]

I'll certainly look to connect with Virgin America since my final destination in USA is always SFO...and I'm sure Virgin America will have excellent prices for LAX-SFO flights.

US$43.00 each way right now!!

[Shameel Kumar]

Does the fact that the SYD-LAX flight schedule being loaded on to Amadeus suggest that purchasing seats could become available any day now (most likely Monday night) ?

Fingers crossed!

I would say Monday Night, as it gives the media a chance to spread the word during the 6pm news etc, free publicity

[Shameel Kumar]

Originally Posted by David Ramsay

US$43.00 each way right now!!

Thanks for that David! That's a pretty darn good price to SFO. Usually you'd be hard pressed to get such a low fair to SJC or OAK let alone SFO. Now I just gotta wait on VA's launch fares.

Right now I'm planning to fly to SFO in Dec', and then fly back to SYD on the same day/night (so I'll only be in USA for a matter of hours). At the moment the cheapest way to the Bay Area that I've found is US$934 (JQ to HNL, then ATA to OAK). Returning back to SYD from SFO with QF at US$909, so total trip cost would be US$1,843. So I'm hoping that VA have good sale/launch fares.
What I'm gonna find a problem is VA's late arrival into LAX. It pretty much means I won't be able to fly into LAX, then fly up to SFO, then have enough time to meet my significant other in SFO, then catch a flight back down to LAX and get checked-in and all that in time for VA's 11.30pm departure.

So hopefully VA offers some nice one-way fares!!

[Scott Lindsell]

Originally Posted by David Ramsay

US$43.00 each way right now!!

I hope you're planning another SEA leg in there Dave - The Pyramid calls for a few ales.

[David Ramsay]

Wish I was, mate. Not even planning a trip right now, just happened across that fare on another site.

You're coming down under sometime soon, if I recall right?

[Kurt A]

Originally Posted by Kurt Ams

VIRGIN BLUE AIRLINES MEDIA CONFERENCE

What:
Virgin Blue Airlines Media Conference

When:
Monday 31 March 2008, 10.00am

Where:
Barnet Long Room
Customs House
31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
SYDNEY NSW

Who:
Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group Chairman
Mr Brett Godfrey, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Blue Group of Airlines

New addition to the Media Conference:
Mr Scott Swift, Executive General Manager – V Australia Airlines