V Australia ekspanderer med 777LR

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V Australia, the international arm of Virgin Blue, is understood to be close to announcing an order for 777-200LRs for new nonstop Sydney-New York JFK and Perth-London Heathrow service beginning in 2011.

CEO Brett Godfrey is in the final stages of negotiations with Boeing for an order of up to 70 aircraft that will include six 300-seat 777-200LRs, 737-800s and 737-900ERs for fleet replacement and expansion

http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=18418

[Hickok]

Det må sies å være offensiv satsning! Det er to LANGE strekk de ønsker å starte der. Er vel kun Singapore-New York som er lengre?

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SYD-JFK 9950nm
PER-LHR 9009nm
SIN-EWR 9535nm

Og jeg kan bekrefte at SIN-EWR er laaaaangt... :)

-A

[Someone]

Nå hevder riktignok en Virgin Australia talsmann at selskapet ikke er i samtaler med Boeing angående 777, og at det her er snakk om en eventuell 737 ordre

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/
Whenever we go near an aircraft manufacturer, someone immediately has us ordering something!

Look, some of our Virgin Blue execs and Brett were in Seattle this week regarding discussions re a substantial potential order of B737s as you know – we plan to swap out and replace some of our domestic fleet next year. Nothing else. There were no V Australia personnel present and B777s were not on the agenda.