Virgin Atlantic Airways puts its first Airbus A330-300 into revenue service
Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A330-343X G-VSXY (msn 1195) LGW (Terry Wade) (first A330), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) yesterday (April 5) placed its...
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Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-4Q8 G-VFAB (msn 24958) (Birthday Girl) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways’ (London) majority shareholder Sir Richard...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Airways to launch a new route to Cancun
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-41R G-VROC (msn 32746) LHR (Wingnut) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) announced today the launch of the...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Airways’ Sir Richard Branson pleads with the pilots to call...
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-4Q8 G-VFAB (msn 24958) (Birthday Girl) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is facing possible industrial...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Airways and its pilots avert a strike with a tentative deal
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-41R G-VROC (msn 32746) MAN (Nik French) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has avoided its first strike with...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic returns to profitability, will invest in cabin improvements
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-4Q8 G-VFAB (msn 24958) (Birthday Girl) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has announced a $162.9 million...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic continues to express its interest in acquiring BMI from...
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-41R G-VROC (msn 32746) LHR (Wingnut) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is keen on acquiring BMI (East...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic is interested in merging with BMI, will develop the world’s...
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-41R G-VROC (msn 32746) MAN (Nik French) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is strongly pursuing a buy-out of...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Airways is coming to Vancouver
Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-313 G-VSUN (msn 114) LHR (Keith Burton), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is coming to Vancouver in 2012. The airline will...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic makes a new bid for BMI
bmi (British Midland Airways) Airbus A319-131 G-DBCB (msn 2188) LHR (Keith Burton), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Lufthansa (Frankfurt) today (December 12) confirmed Virgin Atlantic...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic adopts a “block IAG takeover and replace BMI” strategy
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-41R G-VROC (msn 32746) LHR (Wingnut) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is calling on the European Commission to...
View ArticleThe BMI takeover is approved by the European Commission with conditions
British Airways (London) and the IAG have won their fight against Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) for the acquisition of BMI (East Midlands) and the valuable slots at London’s Heathrow Airport. The...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic launches twice-weekly Manchester-Las Vegas flights, will...
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) on April 3 launched twice-weekly Manchester-Las Vegas flights with Boeing 747-400s. The route will be Virgin Atlantic’s 33rd from the UK and the carrier’s third from...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to appeal the IAG takeover of bmi, passengers evacuate an...
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is planning to appeal to the European Commission the recent decision to permit the IAG to acquire the assets of bmi (East Midlands). Virgin Atlantic also intends to...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to allow passengers to use their devices for Internet access...
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) will permit its passengers to send and receive text messages, e-mails and Internet access on its Airbus A330-300s on the London-New York route according to this report...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to drop the Nairobi-London Heathrow route on September 24
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has elected to drop the Nairobi-London (Heathrow) route due to declining demand and rising fuel costs. The last flight on the Nairobi-Heathrow route will operate on...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic arrives in Vancouver with its usual flair
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) yesterday (May 24) started its new route from London (Heathrow) to Vancouver. The new route will be operated four days a week with Airbus A340-300s. Read the about the...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to sell its 10% share in AirAsia X
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) is expected to sell its 10 percent share of AirAsia X (Kuala Lumpur) to existing stockholders for $21 million. Read the full report from Asia One: CLICK HERE Top...
View ArticleAer Lingus wants to fly domestic routes in the United Kingdom
Aer Lingus (Dublin) is planning to launch a domestic route in the United Kingdom between London (Heathrow) and Edinburgh according to the Irish Independent. The route is up for grabs after British...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic swings into the red with a $124.5 million yearly operating loss
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) reported a pre-tax operating loss of $124.5 million for its fiscal year. Read the full report from Reuters: CLICK HERE In other news, the company has moved forward the...
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