OK i had forgotten about this thread for a number of days so blythy, airchabum and co do except my appoligise for slow reply!
Back to the terminal issue:
Wouldnt it be great to see bmi and VS together in say T1 and have *a in t2- after all they are connected etc. But would be intereting to see if they do leave t3 after all as has all ready been mentioned a lot of money has been spent! I wouldnt like to see us at T4 all on our own as connections are just shocking. Well Europier is still a bit european, Icelandair operate from there and so do BA to Spanish destinations using 757 and i belive Aeroflot do (anyone remember the days of airport on the beeb with jermey spake roaring at late pax on the euro pier!) Plus the euro pier is almost famous- its on bend it like beckham! hehe!
I am gutted about XLG- I flew on her last month and she was looking a wee bit tired- i hope they get rid of the treadful floor in the loo- its gross and doesnt do wonders when on the loo!
It strikes me that alot of money is being wasted- why on earth dont they just config all a/c with V:Port rather than V:Port and Nova. Surely its more expensive to develop and operate 2 systems than one (but nice to see Nova is being expanded!)
Blythy- LGW is expanding- Cuba and Bahamas next year, on top of Tobago and Grenada last year (or was that late 02). As airchambum said i wouldnt mind betting with continued far east expansion at LHR (SYD (YAY), PEK, MEL, DXB etc) that routes like EWR, BOS, MIA, SFO move back to LGW but then how would they config the a/c? Surely u cant tell me there will be less demand for UCS on these routes just because they arent flying to LHR anymore?? 10 years down the line i would see that LGW has all the US Destinations (maybe 1 LAX and JFK left at LHR) and LGW has the rest. After all arent all US destinations becoming B+S???
BAsed on SRB's dream destinations i would say we will see:
LHR-PVG
LHR-HKG
LHR-SYD
LHR-JNB
LHR-LAX (once daily- other to LGW)
LHR- JFK (twice daily- other to LGW)
LHR-PEK
LHR-IAD
LHR-RIO (sori dont no code)
LHR- Cape Town
LHR- Nairobi
LHR- LOS
LHR- DEL (if it lasts)
LHR-SIN (op by SQ)
LHR-BKK ???
LGW to have: MCO, MIA, EWR, SFO, BOS, ANU, SVU, BGI, Grenada, Tobago, Cuba, Nassau, Mauritius (?)
but re the IFE, Nova was inherited from Alitalia who ordered the a/c. It's very expensive and time consuming to totally re-fit an IFE system so it's not a decision VS would take lightly. I was under the impression that the LGW fleet will get v:port although other VS staffers on here think that Nova will be upgraded. We'll have to wait for more info on that. Odyssey is being retained as it's a pretty good system and pretty reliable. 
