Virgin Express

Virgin Express was an airline that originally belonged to the Virgin Group of British businessman Richard Branson. It was a "lagekostenluchtvaartmaatschappij" that flew from Brussels Airport to European destinations, mainly in the Mediterranean.

The society was founded on 23 april 1996 when the Virgin Group the Belgian charter airline EBA (EuroBelgian Airlines) took over. The name was changed to Virgin Express and society went focus on scheduled flights instead of charters.

There was only one aircraft type in the fleet, the Boeing 737 were employed in 2005 of which ten copies.

Virgin Express carried 2.051.000 passengers In 2004; the turnover was 179.8 million euros. It employed at the end of 2004, 709 staff members in Virgin Express.

In October 2004, it was agreed to Virgin Express in one group with SN Brussels Airlines. The transfer happened at the end of 2004 and the new structure (with both airlines under the control of the holding company SN Airholding) was installed on 12 april 2005.

On november 7, 2006 SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express went together as Brussels Airlines. ==Codes[ Edit] ==
 * IATA Code: TV
 * ICAO Code: VEX