Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has unveiled its new “Flying Icon” nose art on its brand new Airbus A350-1000XWB G-VLUX ‘Red Velvet’. Virgin aircraft have always carried the companies famous Flying Lady which is based on the pin-up girls made famous in the 1930s and 1940s by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas. The new [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000XWB at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, G-VLUX “Red Velvet”, is the first of 12 Airbus A350XWB aircraft for the long-haul airline. Virgin’s Airbus A350-1000XWB is expected to begin a crew training programme with the airline [read more]
The Flybe brand will start to disappear form airports after the European Commission (EC) approved the takeover of its business by Connect Airways Ltd, a group led by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group. Flybe turned from a profitable regional airline into an airline on the verge of collapse under the [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Boston (BOS/KBOS) after a fire broke out in the cabin. Unconfirmed reports have said the fire is believed to have been caused by an overheating or faulty battery charger and was contained to one seat. Virgin Flight [read more]
Virgin Atlantic VS/VIR) has revealed its first Airbus A350-1000 has left the paint shop in its full Virgin Atlantic livery. The aircraft, the latest to join the Virgin Atlantic fleet, is due to take to the skies later this summer and will be used on the London Heathrow to New [read more]
A report by the UK Airprox Board has concluded that the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350 did not comply with the instructions from Air Traffic Control putting it at “high risk” of colliding with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 over London last year. The incident, which occurred on [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to launch flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil next year as it expands its network into South America. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sao Paulo International Airport (GRU/SBGR) will take 11hrs 55 minutes and will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Brazil sees [read more]
In what could be yet another blow to the plan to sell Flybe to Connect Airways, a group led by Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic, MESA Air Group has submitted an offer to the board. The consortium led by Bateleur Capital and Mesa Air Group is understood to have offered [read more]
Cash-strapped regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is facing a legal challenge to its sale to Connect Airways Ltd, A consortium led by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group. The challenge is being led by Hosking Partners who are also seeking to oust Flybe chairman Simon Laffin and replace him with Eric Kohn. [read more]
Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is to be rescued by a consortium involving Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic and the Stobart Group. Flybe put itself up for sale two months as cash levels were putting the airline’s operations at serious risk and it realised that a take-over was the only [read more]
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