Virgin Atlantic Airways

Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Atlantic, is usually one of the airlines by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, that long-haul flights between London and North America, theCaribbean, Africa, Asia and Australia. The base is London Heathrow (LHR), with a hub at London Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester Airport (MAN).



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Boeing 747-200 (1985)Virgin Atlantic Airways was established in 1982 as a British Atlantic Airways. After takeover by the Virgin Group of Richard Branson in 1984 the name was changed to Virgin Atlantic Airways. In november 2012, the airlines Air France-KLM and Delta Airlinesinterested in a 100% interest in the lossy Virgin Atlantic.
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Mid-december 2012, it was announced that the American Delta Airlines the 49% interest in Virgin Atlantic takes over from Singapore Airlines[1]. Delta pays € 277 million, which is less than half of what Singapore Airlines in 1999 laid on the table. By taking over Delta gets access to the landing rights of Virgin on London Heathrow and both sides set up a joint venture on for transatlantic flights.Richard Branson indicated he wants to keep his 51% and that the brand name Virgin continues to exist.

The aviation company is suffering from soaring fuel costs. In the broken financial year 2011/2012 that as at 29 February 2012 was completed, the airline reported a turnover of £ 2.7 billion and a loss before tax of £ 80 million. In that year were just over 5 million passengers transported[2] . ==Fleet[ Edit] == The fleet of Virgin Atlantic Airways in 2014 from the following aircraft: