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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 ...
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 Group [1] is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970.. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however, Virgin's business and trading activities date back to the 1970s.
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.
Air pioneer: Sir Richard Branson beside a Virgin Atlantic at London Heathrow Boeing 787 Dreamliner about to depart to New York JFK (Simon Calder)
Wilcox worked in a customer service job at Virgin Atlantic Airways. During that time, Wilcox helped review business plans and liked a plan by David Neeleman, founder of Morris Air. [9] He joined Neeleman and launched JetBlue Airways in 1999. Wilcox worked at JetBlue for six years and left to launch Kingfisher Airlines.
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]
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