Virgin Atlantic Airways CEO Steve Ridgway said yesterday that the carrier will cut its winter capacity by 7% year-over-year, putting up to 600 jobs in jeopardy. "The outlook for the industry is as bleak as ever and all airlines are having to shrink their businesses," he said, according to press reports. "We will look to minimize the number of compulsory redundancies and ensure we treat our staff as fairly as possible." VS's London Heathrow-Chicago O'Hare service will be suspended, while flights to Hong Kong will be halved.
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ah, pensavo si buttassero anche loro sull'eshop... invece fanno la scelta più giusta che potessero fare ! Complimenti a VS!
Purtroppo la crisi c'e' per tutti e VS sta cercando quanto piu' possibile di cautelarsi.
Sono tempi duri...
Sono tempi duri...
Virgin Atlantic to cut flights and jobs
By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent
Published: July 2 2009 00:33 | Last updated: July 2 2009 10:42
Virgin Atlantic, the UK long-haul airline controlled by Sir Richard Branson, is cutting capacity by seven per cent in the coming winter season and is planning to axe around 600 jobs or close to eight per cent of the workforce.
Steve Ridgway, chief executive, said, ”the outlook for the industry is as bleak as ever and all airlines are having to shrink their businesses. The fittest will survive and be in a stronger position when the economy grows.”
He said the group would seek to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies.
The latest contraction in the operations follows the elimination of another 600 jobs announced last February together with a pay freeze from last March. In total Virgin Atlantic, which is 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines, has announced plans to reduce its previous workforce of 8,400 by more than 14 per cent.
The airline said it was planning to suspend its daily London Heathrow/Chicago service in the coming five-month winter season from the end of October and would reduce its twice daily Heathrow/Hong Kong service to a single daily flight.
There would be additional frequency reductions on some other routes throughout the winter period.
In the face of falling demand for travel the group is taking a variety of measures to cut costs including reducing capacity, freezing pay, offering unpaid leave and cutting jobs.
In May, Singapore Airlines said Virgin Atlantic had barely broken even in the 12 months to the end of March and was heavily lossmaking in the final quarter of that period.
The UK carrier has previously indicated its financial performance was expected to deteriorate significantly in the current financial year to the end of February 2010.
Balpa, the pilots union, said on Thursday, the announcement that up to 600 jobs were threatened with redundancy was “extremely worrying.”
Jim McAuslan, Balpa general secretary, said the union would pressure-test claims that the cuts were necessary and would seek to save “each and every job.”
ft.com
By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent
Published: July 2 2009 00:33 | Last updated: July 2 2009 10:42
Virgin Atlantic, the UK long-haul airline controlled by Sir Richard Branson, is cutting capacity by seven per cent in the coming winter season and is planning to axe around 600 jobs or close to eight per cent of the workforce.
Steve Ridgway, chief executive, said, ”the outlook for the industry is as bleak as ever and all airlines are having to shrink their businesses. The fittest will survive and be in a stronger position when the economy grows.”
He said the group would seek to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies.
The latest contraction in the operations follows the elimination of another 600 jobs announced last February together with a pay freeze from last March. In total Virgin Atlantic, which is 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines, has announced plans to reduce its previous workforce of 8,400 by more than 14 per cent.
The airline said it was planning to suspend its daily London Heathrow/Chicago service in the coming five-month winter season from the end of October and would reduce its twice daily Heathrow/Hong Kong service to a single daily flight.
There would be additional frequency reductions on some other routes throughout the winter period.
In the face of falling demand for travel the group is taking a variety of measures to cut costs including reducing capacity, freezing pay, offering unpaid leave and cutting jobs.
In May, Singapore Airlines said Virgin Atlantic had barely broken even in the 12 months to the end of March and was heavily lossmaking in the final quarter of that period.
The UK carrier has previously indicated its financial performance was expected to deteriorate significantly in the current financial year to the end of February 2010.
Balpa, the pilots union, said on Thursday, the announcement that up to 600 jobs were threatened with redundancy was “extremely worrying.”
Jim McAuslan, Balpa general secretary, said the union would pressure-test claims that the cuts were necessary and would seek to save “each and every job.”
ft.com
Ma il volo su Hong Kong prosegue per Sydney se non sbaglio..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ora ci sono 2 voli giornalieri x HKG: uno prosegue su Sydney e uno no.
Verra' cancellato quello che non prosegue ovviamente
Verra' cancellato quello che non prosegue ovviamente
Ma c'è così molta richiesta su Hong Kong vedo non vorrei sbagliare ma sui 10 daily.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Virgin Atlantic drops 1 of 2 Daily Washington svc in Summer 10
Virgin Atlantic apparently is cancelling Summer only 2nd Daily London Heathrow - Washington Dulles in 2010.
Per GDS timetable display on 02JUL09, 2nd Daily VS055/056 is to operate from 31MAY10. However, Virgin's inventory display is showing flight not available.
Virgin Atlantic apparently is cancelling Summer only 2nd Daily London Heathrow - Washington Dulles in 2010.
Per GDS timetable display on 02JUL09, 2nd Daily VS055/056 is to operate from 31MAY10. However, Virgin's inventory display is showing flight not available.
un botto di voli, a memoria:
CX x 4
BA x 3
VS x 2
NZ x 1
QF x 1
e forse altro..
poi fino ad un anno fa c'era pure Oasis HK col 747
La Londra-Hong Konk dovrebbe essere la terza rotta di lungo raggio piu' importante da Londra dopo NYC e DXB.