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Old 7th February 2009, 08:35 AM
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New route MEL-LAX is displayed on their homepage. From 15th September 2009.

AWESOME, no need to go to SYD anymore
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Old 7th February 2009, 08:49 AM
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The inaugural flight will be parking near the western apron initially, before being towed to Dom-6 for further formalities.
The official invite says "Short airside walk from The Lounge to the aircraft." It will probably be nearer than DOM-6 but not at a gate

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I guess JNB is off the table for now.
Probably no point announcing the JNB route in the USA.
Maybe saving that one for Monday.

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Old 7th February 2009, 08:57 AM
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New route MEL-LAX is displayed on their homepage. From 15th September 2009.
Interesting.. I can't find any direct flights if I put in dates post September 15.
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Old 7th February 2009, 10:36 AM
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So we are finally going to get some competition on the MEL-LAX Route (apart from the seasonal UA we got for a short while)

According to the booking system the flights are as follows:
VA11 Depart MEL 0915 Arrive LAX 0640
VA12 Depart LAX 2230 Arrive MEL 0715
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Old 7th February 2009, 01:37 PM
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I take back my words of JNB.

Seems SYD-JNB is the next route - Branson mentioned it in LA.
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Old 7th February 2009, 01:56 PM
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I take back my words of JNB.

Seems SYD-JNB is the next route - Branson mentioned it in LA.
Just beat me to it!

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Old 7th February 2009, 08:10 PM
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Shaky launch MEH bring on the airfare WAR

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/...014090,00.html
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Old 7th February 2009, 09:21 PM
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So what happened to Bransons "4 engines for long haul" mantra?
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Old 7th February 2009, 09:47 PM
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It didn't sound environmentally friendly any more, especially as Virgin started doing trials with environmentally friendly fuels.
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Old 7th February 2009, 10:12 PM
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So what happened to Bransons "4 engines for long haul" mantra?
Nothing to do with V Aus.

Even VS have removed it (the logo) from their 346's, etc and have since ordered a bunch of twin engined Dreamliners (15 or so from memory)
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