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• British Airways, Virgin Atlantic to pay compensation over price collusion

  - 2008-02-15

  LONDON AFP — British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay a combined 200 million dollars (136.2 million euros) in compensation to millions of passengers for colluding over fuel surcharges on tickets, lawyers said on Friday. "Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll has negotiated a ground-breaking legal settlement that, for...

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• Virgin to offer carbon offsets alongside drinks and perfume

  - 2007-11-08

  LONDON AFP — Travellers flying on Virgin Atlantic will soon be offered carbon offsets alongside alcohol and perfume in front of their fellow passengers in an effort to shame them into buying them, The Times reported on Thursday. The cost of carbon offsetting will depend on the length of...

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• Branson: I'm no mile-high club virgin

  - 2007-07-29

  LONDON AFP — Richard Branson, the Virgin Atlantic airline chief, lifted the lid on how he joined the mile-high club in a plane toilet, in interview extracts released Sunday. The British entrepreneur said it was "every man's dream," adding that he had to wipe handprints off the toilet mirror...

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• Branson wants full ownership of Virgin Atlantic: report

  - 2007-07-10

  LONDON AFP — Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson wants to buy back Singapore Airlines' 49-percent share of the carrier he founded in 1984, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday. Branson, who holds 51 percent of the carrier, told London's City A.M. financial daily that he would consider...

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• BA shares sink on threat from 'Open Skies' deal

  - 2007-03-05

  LONDON AFP — Shares in British Airways tumbled Monday on fears that increased competition from rival airlines on transatlantic routes could bite into the group's profits. Shares dived by as much as 9.5 percent on the London stock exchange after EU and US negotiators Friday concluded a draft 'Open...

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• Two top BA executives resign amid price probe

  - 2006-10-09

  LONDON AFP — British Airways has announced that two key executives had resigned amid a probe by British and US authorities into alleged cartel activity over fuel surcharges. In reaction, BA's share price tumbled 2.0 percent, making the stock the heaviest faller in early afternoon trade on London's FTSE 100...

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• Airlines angry that London hand luggage ban remains

  - 2006-08-14

  LONDON AFP — Several airlines have expressed frustration with the operator of London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports for delays in lifting security restrictions, despite an easing of Britain's terror alert. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and smaller carrier bmi criticized BAA's plans Monday to wait until about dawn Tuesday...

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• Fingers crossed for Fossett as Global Flyer heads to Europe

  - 2006-02-10

  LONDON AFP — US aviator Steve Fossett is to decide whether his plane has the fuel it needs to cross the North Atlantic and claim the record for the longest-ever non-stop flight. Traversing his native United States in his one-of-a-kind Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, the 61-year-old serial adventurer said he...

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• Fossett heading for North American landmass on 2nd half of voyage

  - 2006-02-09

  LONDON AFP — US aviator Steve Fossett was on the last half of his solo bid to set a new global benchmark for the longest flight as he approached North America in his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. The 61-year-old adventurer set off Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape...

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• Aviator Steve Fossett on schedule for new flight record

  - 2006-02-08

  LONDON AFP — Steve Fossett was making progress at the controls of Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer across the Atlantic Ocean in his latest bid to set a new world record for the longest flight. The 61-year-old US aviator set off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at...

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