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I see VS are flying the team out to SA tonight. Will they have their own aircraft or will they be flying on the VS601?

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They have chartered one of the VS a/c as a special. If it were me I would have hoped they were going on G-VWIN, but as that is due to do the VS23 this afternoon it won't be.

Hi, they are on G-VRED, a special charter flight callsign VIR9983 due to depart LHR at 2100 uk time.

Thanks Paul

I agree Neil, I thought they would be on G-VWIN too. I think VS have missed a good press photo opportunity there...

.....Or maybe they're saving G-VWIN for the return flight!!

mattyp wrote:.....Or maybe they're saving G-VWIN for the return flight!!

Oh dear -a comedian in our midst . Much as I would love to be proved wrong I can see us exiting in the quarter finals. I do think Fabio has got it all wrong. Shame I'm going to be in Oz for the initial stages ! .

Being that the flight was a chater, will the crew and flight deck
grab a couple of days "down route" and dead head the plane back?

G-VSKY 97 wrote:Being that the flight was a chater, will the crew and flight deck
grab a couple of days "down route" and dead head the plane back?

It operated back the next day as the VS983, so will have just been a positioning flight with no pax. The a/c G-VRED then operated the Lagos flight.

Neil

Thanks Neil

Any news on which aircraft our wonderful team will come back on?

How about G-LOST?!

i think G-Shed , one without seats, or G-OingHome

Whichever aircraft, will they be in the economy seats as rumour says happened to the French team? Middle seats of course, with a non functioning IFE and a small child in the row behind hired to kick the back of the seat throughout.

pjh wrote:Whichever aircraft, will they be in the economy seats as rumour says happened to the French team? Middle seats of course, with a non functioning IFE and a small child in the row behind hired to kick the back of the seat throughout.

I imagine a small child can kick better than the football team.

pjh wrote:Whichever aircraft, will they be in the economy seats as rumour says happened to the French team? Middle seats of course, with a non functioning IFE and a small child in the row behind hired to kick the back of the seat throughout.

Heehee if only, but IFE that works for like 20mins and then reboots ): ): ):

G-VGAS is currently operating VS984 which looks to be the charter again.

Would imagine they will be up front.

The French decision was a great one, their players flew out on a brand new 380 and back on an all economy 737 that had to stop to refuel on the way back!!!!

apparently David Blaine is concerned his record of spending 44 days in a box doing nothing may have been broken by Wayne Rooney !!!



a little old lady is struggling to cross the road when Fabio capello drives up and stops. "can you manage madam" he inquires.

"what" she says " you **** it up and then expect a frail pensioner to get you out of the crap " ??

As all these posts indicate, the links with the England Football Team may now backfire on VS

Nothing "winning" about the association that was forged and the VS may now be regretting being the carrier of choice

buns

It's only a game.

Nobody died, but the way some people act you'd think it was a national tragedy.

Am sure a few sponsorship deals might not get the players as much as they would have done had they had progressed but that just served them right.

I hope they are serving a nice humble pie on the way back

tontybear wrote:Am sure a few sponsorship deals might not get the players as much as they would have done had they had progressed but that just served them right.

Nonsense! I already hear that Rob Green is being lined up for a Specsavers advert, and Wayne Rooney is tipped to be heading to the bright lights of Hollywood to star in a re-make of Dodgeball.

I have it on good authority that this was the only film being shown on their flight

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