Virgin Atlantic has today announced plans to set-up shop on domestic UK routes. The airline will commence London-Manchester flights from March 2013 using wet-leased Airbus A319 aircraft. The airline has until this point been a long haul carrier, with its foray into
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Virgin Galactic at Farnborough
Richard Branson has attended the Farnborough Air Show with a mock up of his new Virgin Galactic spacecraft. The British entrepreneur appeared at the air show in front of 120 future passengers to announce that his two children will be joining him on
Virgin Australia opens up the United States
Coming off the recent annoucement of a consolidated frequent flyer program between Virgin airlines, Virgin Australia has announced it will code share with sister airline Virgin America to eight additional cities in the United States. Virgin America is considered to be
Perth’s Kiwi Connection
Air New Zealand has announced they will be upgrading its daily Boeing 767-300 from Perth to Auckland to Boeing 777-200s by September this year, effectively increasing capacity on the the route by 20%. The 777-200, while not featuring the airlines innovative Skycouch or
New Virgin Atlantic ‘Upper Class’ Seats
We have waited years for the Virgin Atlantic Upper Class refresh so you can imagine our excitement at todays breaking news. To cut to the chase, the new enhancements are: 1. Longer 220cm flatbed, which is quoted to be the
Go West. Perth Airport Updates
In a sign of the growing importance of cashed up bogans the mining sector to both the Australian economy and the aviation sector, a number of new airlines will be heading to Perth as well increasing flights from those that
Sky High Wi-Fi
Thai Airways is the latest carrier to join the growing list of airlines offering in-flight internet to its passengers. It is due to install the OnAir satellite system on board its new Airbus A380′s (once received around the middle of the year)
