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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.
Defunct airlines: Virgin America (sold and merged into Alaska Airlines) Virgin Atlantic Little Red; Virgin Blue. V Australia; Pacific Blue Airlines; Polynesian Blue; Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines) Virgin Express France; Virgin Nigeria Airways (rebranded as Air Nigeria) Virgin Sun (sold and merged ...
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.
Air pioneer: Sir Richard Branson beside a Virgin Atlantic at London Heathrow Boeing 787 Dreamliner about to depart to New York JFK (Simon Calder)
UK-based rivals British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways have equally comfortable seats, but I like Virgin's food and amenities better. I flew the UK's 2 major airlines across the Atlantic.
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Virgin Australia is an Australian airline based in Brisbane. It is one of two active airlines (the other being Virgin Atlantic) to use the Virgin brand, as well as the larger by fleet size. It commenced services on 31 August 2000 as Virgin Blue, with two aircraft on a single route. [3]