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Virgin boss Richard Branson gave the money awarded to his staff. In March 1992, Virgin sued BA for libel at the High Court of England and Wales after Lord King claimed Virgin were just seeking publicity following the claims of "Operation Barbara". [11] [12] BA counter-sued claiming that Branson's accusations of "dirty tricks" were baseless. [13]
The high-risk, high-yield bonds (top rate of 6.5%) were issued by the Branson Regional Airport Transportation Development District. [10] The City of Branson will pay a subsidy of $8.24 to Branson Airport LLC for each arriving visitor with an annual cap of $2 million. [11] The developer was Branson Airport, LLC and AFCO.
M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport [1] [2] (IATA: PLK, ICAO: KPLK, FAA LID: PLK) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Taney County, Missouri, United States. [2] It is located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Branson, Missouri, [2] one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Point Lookout, Missouri, [3] and a few yards west of the old downtown area of Hollister ...
Branson is served by the Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA), owned by shortline holding company Genesee & Wyoming. The MNA is an important link between Kansas City, Missouri, and Newport, Arkansas. [39] The Branson Scenic Railway operates round-trip sightseeing trains out of Branson through a lease agreement with the MNA. [40]
The aircraft was officially launched on July 28, 2008, in Mojave, California, the United States, at the Mojave Spaceport, home of Scaled Composites. On December 12, 2008, the aircraft performed first taxi tests, [7] and a week later the maiden flight. [8] Eve was used in the Virgin Galactic testflight program before entry into commercial usage. [9]
Funded via a federal grant of $16 million, Branson West is a general aviation airport designed for private and charter aircraft. [4] The airport was built on 200 acres (0.81 km 2 ) donated by the Conco Companies of Springfield , with an additional 40 acres (160,000 m 2 ) acquired by the city for runway protection zones.
FlyBranson Travel, LLC, branded as Branson Air Express, is a defunct air travel marketing brand, based at Branson Airport near Branson, Missouri.Branson AirExpress used the air carrier services of DOT and FAA certificated airlines such as Elite Airways and Southern Airways Express but does not have any aircraft upon its own air carrier operating certificate.
The airport is home to the 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 U.S. National Skydiving Championships and is set to host the 2024 Nationals. The resort hosted the 2016 World Championships of Skydiving - the largest skydiving event in the world. It is also home to World Vertical Formation and National Silver Formation Skydiving medalist teams. [10] [11]