Virgin Atlantic
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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 London and the Falkland Islands. Soon after changing the name to Virgin Atlantic Airways, Fields sold his shares in the company after disagreements with Richard Branson over the management of the company. The maiden flight from London–Gatwick to Newark took place on 22 June 1984.
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Virgin Atlantic fined £870,000 for 'inadvertent' flights over Iraq airspace Virgin Atlantic has said it accidentally broke a US-imposed ban on flying over Iraq after it was fined more than £870,000 by US authorities.Sky News - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic pauses support for Heathrow's third runway Virgin Atlantic's boss has warned that Heathrow's expansion will be "difficult to support" without an overhaul of regulation at the airport.Sky News - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic suspends gender-neutral uniform policy for England World Cup flight to Qatar Virgin Atlantic suspended a policy allowing its crew to choose gender-neutral uniforms on its flight taking England's World Cup football squad to Qatar.Sky News - Published | |
No uniform choice for Virgin crew on World Cup flight The airline's gender-neutral uniform policy does not apply to staff flying the England team to Doha.BBC Sport - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic scraps uniform rules for men and women Airline crew can now wear clothing that "expresses how they identify or present themselves" by scrapping different uniforms for men and women.Sky News - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic Jet Turns Back After Pilot Reveals He's Unqualified to FlyThis is terrifying ... a transatlantic flight packed with passengers was 40 minutes into the flight, when one of the pilots revealed he was unqualified to fly. The Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet had taken..TMZ.com - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic flight forced to turn around as pilot 'did not have designated trainer status' A Virgin Atlantic flight was forced to turn around after it emerged that one of the pilots had not completed all of their company training.Sky News - Published | |
Virgin Atlantic takes flight with surprise plot to land on London stock market Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways is plotting a surprise flotation on the London Stock Exchange as it pins its hopes on a rapid rebound in transatlantic travel.Sky News - Published |
