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• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-09-01

  Aug 31, 2008 Virgin Group is SNA's largest shareholder at 29.9% as a result of the merger of Brussels-based LCC Virgin Express with full-service competitor SN Brussels Airlines in 2006. Lufthansa's interest in Brussels Airlines coincides with its confirmed interest in bidding for the Austrian government's stake in Austrian...

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• Branson's Virgin Group takes 20 percent of Malaysia's AirAsia

  - 2007-08-09

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Richard Branson's Virgin Group is taking a 20 percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia long-haul carrier, with the British billionaire vowing Friday to pilot the project into profitability. "Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group is our new strategic global investment partner," said Kalimullah Hassan of Fly...

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• Branson flies under the radar as Virgin America takes off

  - 2007-08-08

  Backers of Virgin America, the USA's newest airline, spent several years trying to convince federal regulators that the carrier isn't simply an extension of British billionaire Richard Branson's worldwide aviation empire. That would be illegal under the strict limits on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines. But,...

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• Virgin's Branson to form alliance with AirAsia for long-haul ops

  - 2007-08-06

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Asian low-cost airline pioneer Tony Fernandes looks set to score a major coup with British businessman Richard Branson coming on board to help get his struggling, high-risk long-haul venture off the ground, analysts said Tuesday. Branson of Virgin Group is to take a 20 percent...

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• Virgin America cleared for US takeoff

  - 2007-05-18

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US government said Friday it had cleared Virgin America Airlines for take off in American skies after the carrier reformed its links to British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The decision by the US Department of Transportation DoT is a victory for Virgin America's bid...

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• Shares in Australian carrier Virgin Blue slump after profit warning

  - 2005-01-19

  SYDNEY AFP — Shares in Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd fell sharply after the discount Australian carrier warned its net profit for the year to March would be 10-15 percent below the previous year because of sluggish demand. Virgin shares slumped 32 cents, or 16.6 percent, to 1.67 dollars (1.26...

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• Virgin picks up jets from Airbus

  - 2004-06-16

  The Virgin Group Ltd.'s new U.S.-based low-fare airline, which will have its operations based in Millbrae, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy and lease up to 105 narrow-body jets from Airbus SAS and that the carrier would be named Virgin America. Virgin America's top executive,...

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• Tycoon courts Delta exec for start-up

  - 2004-03-02

  British airline tycoon Richard Branson has been interviewing Delta Air Lines President Fred Reid to be CEO of a new low-fare carrier that could start flying next year from Boston, San Francisco or Washington, D.C. Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, which owns London-based Virgin Atlantic Airways and budget carriers...

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• VIRGIN BLUE EYEING FIJI & BALI AS POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS.

  - 2002-11-11

  SYDNEY, Nov 11 Asia Pulse - Virgin Blue is eyeing Fiji and Bali as possible destinations as part of its ambitious expansion plans. The discount carrier is also tipped to link up with friendly international cousin Virgin Atlantic next year, when the international carrier is expected to start...

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