Virgin Atlantic boss slams Heathrow over terminal reshuffle

The boss of Virgin Atlantic has ramped up his attacks on Heathrow airport s operator, warning its mindless planned terminal reshuffle will hit travellers and the UK economy. Corneel Koster told an aviation conference that Heathrow s recent decision to move Delta Airlines, which has a joint venture with Virgin, to a different terminal showed it had no regard for competition and no regard for consumers . “They tried to do a trick that the media in the room will recognise which is slide it out before the Budget, so that no-one would mention, no one would notice it, he said. Well clearly this move doesn’t stand up to public scrutiny, so nice try Heathrow. “It’s completely anticompetitive, it’s mindless, it s irrational. Koster s fresh broadside comes just weeks after Heathrow Airport Limited announced plans to split Virgin Atlantic and Delta up, with flights running different terminals. The pair of carriers have had a transatlantic joint venture since 2014 and Delta