Viable should contact Sir Richard

“People forget this country is a small one and travel by plane in a lot of cases really isnt nessercery hence the underdevlopment of the uk domestic air travel market.

For an example I spent a year in Australia where they really do have a well devloped domestic air system with jetstar(quantas`s budget arm) virgin blue and tiger airways all competing for a slice of the market and flights between nearly every main city and at least close to all minor cities.....however that is because the distances between some cities is vast(perth to melbourne was about 2 days travel by train for example-) so a domestic air network is really needed to get people around in any decent timeframe.

Thats not the case in this tiny island known as the uk, hell if you can get to london in 4 hours by train direct into the city and not have the hassle of having to be at the airport 2 hours in advance/checking in/going through security/worrying about baggage weight/having to get from gatwick to london once flown into gatwick then why the hell would you fly espcially if it costs more which it did with air southwest a lot of the time? and that goes for every major city.”

“branson buys a company then sells it on and lives off the royalties by allowing them to use the name, Virgin 1 founded for 1 year then sold to sky then closed and changed to sky atlantic. virgin media founded by branson then sold off but only on the condition they keep the name so he can make money you can call that business i call it money hungry greed”

“blogtodi..Branson is an extremely successfull businessman,what are these dead ducks you speak of exactly?”

“Branson's projects are usually dead ducks AFTER he's run them rather than before in the case of the airport...”

“that would be a waste of time if it turns out anything like virgin media in this area the staff would freeze every few seconds with a buffering sign above thier heads lmao”

“I had exactly the same thought Mrs Kitchen,though the project may be far too small for him,you never know,worth a try.”

“Mr Branson may very well like to be involved in Plymouth airport! It is First who have won in the West coast mainline battle, therefore he may wish to hit First's Great Western Franchise by competing against it with flights from Plymouth.”

“Tim said-'To be honest I don't see why he [Branson] would be interested in Plymouth airport. Even if it's viable, it's marginally so. The risks are high and the rewards are low"..

Hopefully he'd like a challenge..:)”

“Branson doesn't actually have much to do with most of the "Virgin" businesses these days. He's more of a figure head and a mouth piece. The media always put him on the telly so the Virgin group companies like to give him their announcements to do.

To be honest I don't see why he would be interested in Plymouth airport. Even if it's viable, it's marginally so. The risks are high and the rewards are low. Good luck to Viable though.”

“I can't find a working e-mail address for Branson, but a letter posted to the address below might reach him-
Corporate Development Department
Virgin Management Limited
The School House
50 Brook Green
London
W6 7RR”