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Virgin Atlantic restarts flights from Heathrow to Chicago - Wed. 20 Apr. 2011
As of May 9 2011, Virgin Atlantic will be re-commencing direct flights from London Heathrow to Chicago. The service will be seasonal, and will run four times a week at first, ramping up to a daily service from May 22. Flights will be conducted on an Airbus A340-300.
Virgin Holidays Announces 50 New Retail Outlets to Open - Fri. 01 Apr. 2011
Despite recent statistics indicating that high-street holiday bookings are falling, Virgin Holidays have announced they are to double their retail chain from 50 outlets to 100.
The Top Unusual Requests Made to Virgin Atlantic Cabin Crew - Tue. 01 Feb. 2011
With 6 million passengers flying to over 30 destinations worldwide, Virgin Atlantic’s cabin crew have had their fair share of unusual, strange and sometimes down-right bizarre requests. A recent survey of over 3,000 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew has revealed a number of contenders for ‘strangest request on a Virgin flight’.
Virgin eye USA hotel market - Wed. 29 Sep. 2010
Not content with successfully breaking into industries as varied as space travel, mobile phones and flights, Sir Richard Branson now intends to make a foray into the hotel business.
Virgin Atlantic Aim To Avoid Pilot's Strike - Tue. 24 Aug. 2010
Virgin Atlantic is to meet representatives of its pilots’ union tomorrow, with talks aimed at avoiding possible strike action. Whilst Virgin itself called the meeting ‘routine’, The British Airline Pilots’ Association, or BALPA, described the talks as a ‘last ditch’ attempt to halt a strike following Virgin’s attempts to lower the 120 rostered days off.
New Travel Community Website From Virgin Atlantic - Wed. 24 Jun. 2009
Virgin Atlantic has created a new online travel community that enables people to share their travel knowledge and passion for different destinations worldwide.
Virgin Atlantic Report Rise In Profits - Tue. 26 May. 2009
Virgin Atlantic has announced a reported a sharp rise in profits for the year ending February, with pre-tax profits reaching of £68.4 million. The increase is nearly double the £34.8 million that Virgin Atlantic reached in 2008, reversing the trend set by competing carriers.
Branson Launches Pitch TV - Wed. 01 Apr. 2009
Sir Richard Branson has come up with a new scheme to showcase business pitches ‘dragons den style’ on Virgin Atlantic flights. As a successful businessman himself Branson has decided to invite budding entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to potential investors on his blog in the form of two minute video clips.
Virgin Atlantic Declare Interest In Gatwick - Tue. 02 Sep. 2008
Virgin Atlantic has held financial discussions with a view to buying Gatwick Airport. A spokesman for the airline confirmed that talks were still in the early stages but that it was likely other airlines would be approached about forming a consortium to table a bid.
Virgin Atlantic Delays Open Skies Flights Till 2010 - Tue. 04 Mar. 2008
Virgin Atlantic has confirmed that they will not operate a service from continental Europe to the United States for another 2 years at least while it awaits the delivery of new planes.
