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    • 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

    • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
      Airlines
      Virgin Atlantic in last-ditch creditor talks ahead of crunch vote

      Airline has warned it could run out of money if bailout package is not approved

    • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
      Airlines
      Virgin Atlantic secures £1.2bn rescue package to keep flying

      Chief executive says deal is ‘major achievement’ in airline’s fight for survival

      Virgin Atlantic aircraft at Manchester airport
    • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
      Virgin Group commits £200m of immediate funding for Virgin Atlantic

      Cash move comes as grounded airline races to finalise £1bn rescue package

    • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
      Airlines
      US airline shares surge as American and Virgin add flights

      Announcements are latest among carriers restoring some services to holiday destinations

    • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Space jam: can Branson’s Galactic venture save his Virgin empire? Premium content

      In the midst of a pandemic, anyone who owns aviation, hospitality or cruise ship businesses is fighting for survival

    • Monday, 11 May, 2020
      Virgin ramps up efforts to raise cash for struggling airlines

      Richard Branson’s group will sell $500m stake in Virgin Galactic and seek private investors

      Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut almost a third of its 10,000 workforce as the airline scales back to survive the coronavirus crisis
    • Sunday, 10 May, 2020
      Inside BusinessJonathan Ford
      It’s not just Richard Branson’s businesses that are hurt by lockdown

      Crisis has exposed the dissonance between the tycoon’s public image and reality

      Richard Branson on a sun lounger
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