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Virgin Atlantic A330 clips wings with a 777 at JFK

28/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 suffered damage to its wing yesterday after it’s wing was clipped by an Egypt Air Boeing 777 at New York’s JFK airport. The Virgin Atlantic aircraft, Airbus A330-300 G-VRAY, was departing New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK/KJFK) operating flight VS4 to London Heathrow when [read more]

Virgin jumbos to operate Heathrow to New York service

17/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

November will see the return of Virgin Jumbo-Jets on the Heathrow to New York flights. Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is currently phasing out Boeing 747’s from its fleet but still has 8 of the type on its books. The airline officially retired the Jumbo Jet from Heathrow in 2015 however it [read more]

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 G-VOWS (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Air France-KLM buys stake in Virgin Atlantic

28/07/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airline giant Air France-KLM has bought a stake in Virgin Atlantic equal to around a third of the company. The 31% stake, worth £220m GBP, leaves founder Sir Richard Branson Virgin Group with a minority holding of just 20%. Delta Airlines now holds the majority share of 49%. In an open [read more]

KLM Fokker PH-KZP at Cardiff Airport (Picture Credit: Nick Harding)

Could KLM be hinting at a deal with Virgin Atlantic?

13/02/2016 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Romance is in the air this valentines day and a recent twitter post by KLM leaves us wondering if KLM could be hinting at a deal with Virgin Atlantic. Guess who’s in love with us? 😉 (@VirginAtlantic) #ValentinesDay pic.twitter.com/S6gzCk81T0 — Royal Dutch Airlines (@KLM) February 13, 2016 The tweet which [read more]