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• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-09-08

  Sep 7, 2008 Polynesian Blue, the joint venture between Virgin Blue and the Samoan government, reported a pre-tax profit of NZ$9.2 million ($6.5 million) in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 71% from the NZ$5.4 million earned the prior year, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reported. On...

  Tags: consortium, Government, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• 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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• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-04-07

  Apr 7, 2008 Boeing is trapped in a nightmare as delays on the production of its 787 Dreamliner are causing airlines to raise hell. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are in talks with Boeing over expected delivery delays for the 787 Dreamliner aircraft they ordered in 2007. This is...

  Tags: Boeing Co., FINANCE, Investment, Lufthansa, Manufacturing, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-02-25

  Feb 25, 2008 Boeing VP-Sales Ray Conner said here that the 747-8I is a major focus of the company's sales efforts and it hopes to secure orders for the aircraft this year. ANA, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic are considered targets. Boeing has sold the 747-8I to Lufthansa and...

  Tags: aircraft, biofuel, Manufacturing, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-01-21

  Jan 21, 2008 Qantas Airways said all domestic carriers experienced a decline in reliability in the second half of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. A spokesman said Qantas did better than Virgin Blue throughout 2007. However, November had been a particularly bad month for weather on...

  Tags: biofuel, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-01-14

  Jan 14, 2008 Strike off for Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic cabin crew will not strike tomorrow Jan. 9 after the Unite union agreed to a two-year deal of a 4.8% increase on basic pay in year one and then rising with inflation in the second. Both 48h strikes ...

  Tags: Branson, E-mail, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-01-07

  Jan 7, 2008 Some all business-class carriers plan to expand. Three startup carriers that operate all business-class flights say they plan to expand in 2008, and British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will experiment with a similar format, The New York Times' Joe Sharkey writes. On Jan. 9, British Airways...

  Tags: BAA, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2007-09-10

  Sep 10, 2007 Virgin America, Skybus fly different paths to profit. Virgin America is counting on amenities such as its superior in-flight entertainment options and comfortable seating to keep travelers coming back for its middle-of-the-road ticket prices. Skybus is unabashedly focused on passengers' bottom lines, offering super-cheap fares and...

  Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Travel Health & Environment Watch

  - 2007-09-10

  Sep 10, 2007 Japan aims for space-based solar power by 2030. Putting solar collectors into space circumvents the biggest problems facing the environmentally sound energy source -- namely night-time and cloud cover that keeps the sun's rays from reaching earth-bound collectors. Japan's space agency, JAXA, has plans to put...

  Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• 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,...

  Tags: carrier, radar, U.S., Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group