Airline industry news, aviation jobs & airline recruitment - Flight International, UK

Airline industry news, aviation jobs & airline recruitment - Flight International, UK: "Part of the reason for Virgin choosing the -600 was the anticipated commonality benefits with the -300, but in practice some of these have failed to materialise. Livings says that the -600 was 'sold to us as a derivative aircraft, but it is not � there are lots of new systems and suppliers'.
Changes were partly driven by the fact that the new aircraft's introduction came almost a decade after that of the original A340, and because it is 25% larger than its predecessor."