Korea

[Pete]

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An indication that Virgin Atlantic is looking at a possible Seoul route, or is there a fair bit of passenger business originating in Korean and fed onto VS planes in the far east?

Duh! I just left[:(!]

But there is not a great European representation at incheon airport, and the direct UK-Korea flights on both Asiana and Korean have healthy loads so there is probably a good case for it, and it is pretty efficient transit airport for other east Asian destinations

[Bazz]

Despite Virgin AtlanticÕs growth the service still remains customer driven with an emphasis on value for money, quality, fun and innovation.

"Customer driven"? Not all posters here would agree to that statement as service standards have dropped in recent years.

There were rumours of a Soeul route years ago before both Korean and Asiana started services to the UK.

Would be very interesting to see. Any idea of a possible start time? THe JM slots that VS have got now could work nicely if Kingston moves across to LGW.

A slightly "geographically challenged" Cabin Crew member, was telling me about a new "chinese" route on sunday. So I wonder if Seoul was it. Or was it in fact the oft talked about Beijing Route.[:?]

Appointing a ticket sales agent is more likely to be used for feeding a larger amount of Korean traffic though other transit cities like NRT, PVG or HKG in my opinion.

If VS were to open us Seoul as a route in the next few months then surely they would be opening their own ticket office and not using an agent in such a populated area.

Looking at the current fleet - I'm also struggling to see how any new routes can be setup without any further a/c deliveries which are a good few years off yet....