All the naysayer's are probably referring more to the stink. 

At least the connections between domestic and international would be worthy of the premium project sunrise flights are demanding, unlike at Sydney airport 

Western Sydney Airport CEO is on the record stating the airport will be Sydney's primary airport within 15 years. Considering the airport in western Sydney is brand new, good transport options, no curfew, and with plenty of room for future growth I wonder if Qantas have discussed moving their Syd...

I would be curious to know if the lack of plans for qantas to refurbish their Melbourne international business class lounge has anything to do with likely future plans for a full redevelopment of Melbourne T2 

Agreed. This was definitely done when the VA MAX order was rejigged in December last year (peak covid). There is no way VA has left it up to now to secure planes for its resumption for long distance international flying - with increased demand with international green zones 

This is definitely a far greater outcome than boeing re-engineering the 757 or 767. I can see this option coming to fruition and boeing wanted to consolidate the same production line to build a smaller capacity/less range version of this airliner to take over the 737 max program.

Now that the dust is settling on the management shake-up at virgin, I still have my fingers crossed the virgin loyalists (myself included) get the outcome we were promised.I'd like to make a two points, firstly I was a massive fan of Paul with what he was able to do at virgin in such little time....

Another advantage of this impeding order will be the return of Virgin Australia's 'The Business' on routes from Australia's transcontinental routes. Virgin operating Dreamliner's on PER<>MEL<>LAX similar to Qantas operating MEL<>PER<>LDN is an option they never had with 77...

The deposit definitely exists. Virgin Australia paid a deposit on a 2012 order for the MAX (www.executivetraveller.com/news/virgin-australia-boeing-737-max-order)

RE 737MAXThe combination of Virgin operating a young fleet of 737NG with more favourable lease terms puts them in a position to skip the MAX in anticipation of Boeings NMA rumoured to be released soon for deliveries around 2030.Boeing playing hard ball with the MAX deposit is fanciful considering...

With Virgin Australia's young fleet of 737-800's I would imagine virgin hold off orders for narrow body aircraft in anticipation of any boeings planned FSA lineup. Whether its on a 787 factory fresh order or future FSA order I doubt that deposit will be truly lost.

random question?. This article quotes 'taking over a slew of former Virgin Boeing 737's may not mean that REX would keep the same business class cabin as the jets currently sport'.Who owns the seats of planes that are leased and more importantly what happens to 'The Business' seats of the leased ...

Since 'the club' lounges are within the existing leasehold of their terminals, I would guess virgin may wish the rework these spaces as a business class lounge rather than an invite only lounge. The trouble virgin would have sub letting these spaces plus the benefit of renegotiated their own leas...

Since Scurrah mentioned the possibility of new codeshare partners. I wonder if VA closing their lounge in Wellington may be because of a recommitment between them and Air NZ

I'd like to see this contingent on the level of involvement from Singapore airlines and Etihad airways post administration, virgin Atlantic A350 would give qantas 787 a run for their money in this route.