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Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The airline was established in 1984 as British Atlantic Airways , and was originally planned by its co-founders Randolph Fields and Alan Hellary to fly between ...
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline.. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company.
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 [9] [10] in Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, the son of Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister, and his wife Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess.
Virgin Money was later bought by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group (CYBG) in 2018 for £1.7 billion ($2.68 billion). CYBG paid Virgin and Branson a royalty fee to continue using the brand’s name.
Lynden Pindling International Airport: Terminated [5] Barbados: Bridgetown: Grantley Adams International Airport [6] Canada: Toronto: Toronto Pearson International Airport: Resumes 30 March 2025 [7] [8] Vancouver: Vancouver International Airport: Terminated [9] [10] China: Shanghai: Shanghai Pudong International Airport: Terminated [11] Cuba ...
"Air Colbert", the aircraft used on Virgin America's inaugural flight, at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Virgin America began selling tickets in July 2007. On August 8, 2007, the airline made its inaugural New York and Los Angeles to San Francisco flights — the aircraft was named "Air Colbert", after comedian Stephen Colbert. [11]
On April 4, 2016, the airline announced it had agreed to be acquired by Alaska Air Group, with the transaction closing by December 14, 2016. [1] [2] Virgin America's air operator's certificate was later merged with the certificate of Alaska Airlines on January 11, 2018, with both airlines merging into the same passenger service system on April ...
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