Revenge on the Prankster
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Itseems a prankster on Virgin’s team had got together with his Boeingcounterpart and written in a clause that means that the two will have to lose astone in weight. VS communications director PaulCharles said, “If you are carrying lighter people in the plane, then you needless fuel.” He added that Sir Richard was unawareof the clause and ‘laughed his head off’ when he found out.
Aspokesman for McNerney said he would also be taking part in the weight-losschallenge. MEANWHILE, Virgin Atlantic says it intends to use the new ‘open-skies’deal between the EU and the USto fly across the Atlantic from continental Europe.Branson said European ports added “in the next couple of years” would include Paris and Frankfurt. Thenew pact allows European carriersto fly to the USfrom any EU state instead of just their own home country from Mar 2008. Themove has the potential to freeup operations at London Heathrow Airport,which has long constrained the operations of carriers due to limits on the number of slots it can offer.
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