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Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd

  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    InterviewThe CEO
    Virgin Atlantic’s Shai Weiss: ‘In aviation, you need to be paranoid’

    Airline boss has returned company to profit but challenges loom

    Shai Weiss
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Virgin Atlantic warns on signs of slowdown in US demand for transatlantic flights

    Biggest US airlines have already reported a slowdown in domestic demand

    A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 aircraft in mid-air with its landing gear extended
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    The Big Read
    The lucrative business of airline loyalty schemes

    Air miles and frequent-flyer programmes drive enormous profits but risk becoming victims of their own success

    Montage image of a cabin window on an aircraft and three credit cards, each with airline co-branding
  • Friday, 17 January, 2025
    Airlines
    Virgin Atlantic targets BA frequent flyers after loyalty scheme changes

    Airline angered many customers after announcing controversial shake-up to its executive club points system

    Tail fins of passenger jets operated by British Airways
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Airlines
    UK watchdog bans ‘misleading’ Virgin Atlantic ad about sustainable fuel

    Airline rebuked for claims about first long-haul flight to be fully powered by cooking and animal fats

    Virgin Atlantic airline
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    Virgin Atlantic to return to profit this year amid Caribbean holiday boom

    Airline boosted by strong demand for long-haul holidays and premium seats

    A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 taking off
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Climate change
    First transatlantic flight powered by cooking and animal fats lands in New York

    Aviation industry hails milestone but green campaigners question whether alternative fuels are sustainable

    Virgin Atlantic plane taking off
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Virgin Atlantic forecasts delayed return to profitability as costs rise

    Airline fails to capitalise on air travel boom and now expects to turn a profit in 2024

    Virgin Atlantic planes on an airport tarmac
  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    UK airports
    Heathrow airport and airlines launch rival appeals over landing fee ruling

    Virgin and BA seek larger cut to charges while UK hub claims regulator’s decision will hit investment

    Virgin Atlantic and British Airways aircraft at Heathrow
  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Virgin Atlantic to launch first transatlantic net zero flight

    Aircraft will be powered by sustainable aviation fuel in significant milestone

  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    UK economy
    Airline bosses criticise UK government over fall in pound

    Virgin Atlantic chief urges Liz Truss to reverse course on mini-Budget tax cuts

    Shai Weiss, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic
  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Branson gives Virgin Atlantic cash injection as travel outlook darkens

    Tycoon’s Virgin Group and Delta Air Lines pump in £400m

    A workers assists a traveler at a Virgin Atlantic Airways check-in counter at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York
  • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
    Virgin Atlantic plans London stock market listing

    Branson airline may tap investors this autumn as recovery in business and holiday travel gathers momentum

    Virgin aeroplanes
  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Airlines
    UK air taxi start-up finds early buyers for 1,000 vehicles

    Vertical Aerospace’s potential customers include Virgin Atlantic as it plans NY listing via Spac

    Vertical Aerospace’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
  • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK and European banks plan to slash business trips after pandemic

    Potential blow to travel and hospitality industries as finance sector seeks to make more use of new ways of working

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Business travel
    Virgin Atlantic boss warns of long-term hit to business travel

    Shai Weiss questions whether corporate trips will ever fully recover from pandemic

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Airlines
    UK aviation chiefs urge swift opening of travel corridor with US

    BA, Virgin and Heathrow bosses call for restart of lucrative transatlantic routes as soon as next month

    A passenger at Heathrow airport
  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    Virgin Atlantic circles further £160m Covid support package

    Deal includes £100m loan to carrier from Virgin Group and is close to being finalised

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Airlines
    UK airlines will hold on to airport slots without having to use them

    Ministers extend waivers to ‘use or lose’ rules in boost to carriers including BA, Virgin and easyJet

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Airlines
    Airlines offer passengers health passes to steer out of Covid crisis

    United, Lufthansa and Virgin among carriers to introduce WEF-backed CommonPass

    Travellers wearing protective masks walk past an exit area at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, on Monday
  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    International Airlines Group
    British Airways owner IAG slashes flight schedules as losses hit €1.3bn

    Bookings worse than expected as new Covid infections increase in airline group’s biggest markets

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Airlines
    Airlines pine for roar of jet engines over the Atlantic

    Big carriers face growing threat on what was one of the busiest and most lucrative routes

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Virgin Atlantic to shed 1,000 more jobs as Covid-19 crisis bites deeper

    Airline plans further cuts as chief says carrier is still fighting for survival

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    Virgin Atlantic wins UK court backing for rescue package

    Approval takes company closer to securing £1.2bn recapitalisation

    The High Court approved the scheme after hearing evidence that Virgin Atlantic would run out of money within a few weeks without support
  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
    Virgin Atlantic creditors back £1.2bn rescue package

    Vote paves way for full recapitalisation of airline after pandemic brought commercial aviation to standstill

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