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End of the Kingston service?
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09 Jun 2011, 10:28by Dave2009
Hello again,
Don't know if this is of any relevance but just been looking on Virgin Atlantic's Facebook page and it meantions that they're stopping the Kingston service next year VS69/VS70 - As Air Jamaica is starting flights to London?
Really sorry if this is a repeat post or has been posted before, but does anyone have anymore knowledge or information on this?
Thanks
Re: End of the Kingston service?
Posted:
09 Jun 2011, 10:38by slinky09
Isn't Air Jamaica a FC partner, so may make sense to code share?
Re: End of the Kingston service?
Posted:
09 Jun 2011, 10:48by Dave2009
Think they currently have a codeshare with VS for this route but also read that they're due to recieve some 777's so they may opperate the KIN-LON route instead of VS?
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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09 Jun 2011, 11:04by eejp1007
I couldn't see that on the FB page but that seems to be the buzz that is out there. If Air Jamaica start flying that route again then it would make sense to work together and compliment each other rather than competing and diluting the business.
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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09 Jun 2011, 21:45by Decker
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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09 Jun 2011, 22:35by clarkeysntfc
Look forward to seeing those brightly coloured Air Jamaica aircraft in London again! Will it be LHR or LGW?
Also, I wonder whether VS will re-deploy the 747 from the Kingston route elsewhere?
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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10 Jun 2011, 08:00by Neil
It was ex LHR (and MAN) previously when Air Jamaica previously operated the route. We flew with them in 2005 and it was a pretty shoddy experience from start to finish I have to say.
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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10 Jun 2011, 09:46by virginboy747
Yep Kingston is stopping in April 2012, just in time for the LGW 744s to start going in for their refits.
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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10 Jun 2011, 10:37by skipness1E
The whole reason Virgin started Kingston out of Gatwick was that Air Jamaica pulled out of Heathrow. Seems odd that they would just walk away from the route completely. Is the B747 too big for the route? Would have thought this would have been a candidate for a new A330.
Re: End of the Kingston service?
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10 Jun 2011, 13:10by tontybear
skipness1E wrote:The whole reason Virgin started Kingston out of Gatwick was that Air Jamaica pulled out of Heathrow. Seems odd that they would just walk away from the route completely. Is the B747 too big for the route? Would have thought this would have been a candidate for a new A330.
The link Decker posted used the words 'softness' and 'unsustainability' of the route which indicates that loads are variable and the route is loosing money.