Let's be realistic about this. Sure, keeping Velocity will probably make sense in the long term but does Virgin actually have a long-term future without a solid injection of money right now? Maybe not! If Velocity can be sold for 15x earnings as per AFR speculation then that's $1.8bn, of which Vi...

Which I would expect would be assigned to the big routes such as London and Los Angeles. For Qantas, the A380 to HKG is all about capacity so it really doesn't need to be the latest and greatest. I would actually think HKG will be at the back of the queue.

The Mini Coopers won the Bathurst 500 in 1966, I think in fact they took the first three places, they had plenty of 'go' and stuck to the corners, and with twin tanks they ddn'didn't have to stop so often for fuel! They were also driven by the NSW Police for a while, funniest thing to see a blue-...

I know this is only speculation but yes, I would think the Vantage XL Suite of Delta would have to be the safest bet. Still plenty of ways for Virgin to make it very much their own but with the help of a design firm as they wouldn't be large enough to have an in-house design team as BA does.

I think we will definitely see Aer Lingus joining Oneworld Connect with the backing of parent BA plus BA's JV partners Finnair and American Airlines, but I hope Qantas signs up afterwards because the benefits of being a 'backer' of a Oneworld Connect airline are pretty good if you are a frequent ...