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Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The airline was established in 1984 as British Atlantic Airways , and was originally planned by its co-founders Randolph Fields and Alan Hellary to fly between ...
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 [12] [13] in Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, the son of Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister, and his wife Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess.
Initially launching with a fleet of Boeing 747-200 aircraft in 1984, the airline's fleet continued to be composed entirely of four-engined widebody aircraft with the incorporation of a single Boeing 747-100 in 1990, the Airbus A340-300 in 1993, and the larger Boeing 747-400 in 1994. Between 1995 and 2000, the airline began operating the twin ...
Losing my Virginity is dedicated to "Alex Ritchie and his family" and a note before the prologue thanks Edward Whitley who helped Branson with the writing of the book. The prologue of the book recounts the start of a round-the-world balloon trip over the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and is followed by 28 chapters in which Branson recounts the first 43 years of his life.
David M. Tait. David Martin Tait OBE (born September 29, 1947) is a Scottish -born commercial airline executive, brand/marketing consultant, Washington Post best-selling author and syndicated travel columnist. Best known for his work as one of the architects of the Virgin Atlantic Airways business plan, he was one of the nascent company's first ...
In addition to the previously listed destinations served with scheduled passenger service, Virgin Atlantic has also operated scheduled, cargo-only flights on its passenger aircraft to the following destinations as of August 2021: [ 54] Country/Region. City.
Orders and deliveries. The following is a list of orders, deliveries and backlog for the Airbus A330 by model as of 30 June 2024: Ord — number of aircraft ordered from Airbus by the specified customer. Del — number of aircraft delivered by Airbus to the specified customer. Bl — number of aircraft still to be delivered to the specified ...
Virgin Megastores International portal. Virgin Megastores is an international entertainment retailing chain, founded in early 1976 by Richard Branson as a record shop on London 's Oxford Street . In 1979 the company opened their first Megastore at the end of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road. [ 1]