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Company Watch - Virgin Group
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...
Tags: carrier, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group
Research articles 2008-09-01
Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific
7/21/2008 New Zealand's competition watchdog has filed criminal charges against Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Aerolineas Argentinas for not providing information sought as part of its investigation into alleged air freight price-fixing, it said on Wednesday. The Commerce Commission said it was investigating allegations that some airlines had colluded...
Tags: carrier, China, finance, Government, Qantas Airways Ltd., Virgin
Research articles 2008-07-21
Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific
7/14/2008 Air China Air China and China Eastern Airlines declining volume has compounded headaches from higher fuel prices, which boosted operating costs, and marks a rare reversal for an industry that has been buoyed in recent years by China's strong economic growth. For the first half of the...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, Qantas Airways Ltd., Virgin
Research articles 2008-07-14
Airline Finance News - North America
Jun 23, 2008 The political debate over energy policy gained sharper partisan focus this week as President George W. Bush lined up with Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for more oil and gas exploration off the U.S. coasts and in oil-shale regions of the West. Democrats, meanwhile,...
Tags: aircraft, AirTran, alliance, carrier, Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., finance, RPM, Southwest Airlines Co., United Airlines, Virgin
Research articles 2008-06-23
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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
Research articles 2008-04-07
Alaska Airlines adding daily flights to Seattle
Feeling pressure from discount carriers, Alaska Airlines announced major upgrades Thursday to its flight schedule at San Francisco International Airport and said it is matching the low fares of its competitors. The Seattle-based airline said it is increasing its service to eight daily flights from SFO to...
Tags: Alaska, Alaska Airlines, Outsourcing, SALES, SFO, Virgin
Research articles 2008-03-14
Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific
Feb 25, 2008 Air traffic growth in India and China is expected to grow at more than 11 percent a year for the next three years, nearly three times the rate in the United States and double Europe. Boeing expects total plane orders from Asia Pacific to reach 8,350...
Tags: FINANCE, Manufacturing, Qantas Airways Ltd., Virgin
Research articles 2008-02-25
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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
Research articles 2008-02-25
Sonomax Hooks up With Virgin Entertainment Group and the 50th Annual Grammy(R) Awards Gift Lounge to Introduce First-Ever Instant, Custom-Fit High Fidelity Earphones to the United States.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Jan 28, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SHH) is pleased to announce its partnership with Virgin Entertainment Group and its plans for the retail launch in the United States of its Soundcage custom-fit hi-fidelity earphones. Sonomax will officially...
Tags: entertainment, Fidelity Investments, MARKETING, MP3, music, SALES, U.S., Virgin, Virgin Entertainment
Research articles 2008-01-28
Sonomax Hooks up With Virgin Entertainment Group and the 50th Annual Grammy(R) Awards Gift Lounge to Introduce First-Ever Instant, Custom-Fit High Fidelity Earphones to the United States
Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SHH) is pleased to announce its partnership with Virgin Entertainment Group and its plans for the retail launch in the United States of its Soundcage custom-fit hi-fidelity earphones. Sonomax will officially introduce its revolutionary technology, for use with MP3 players as well as cellular...
Tags: entertainment, Fidelity Investments, MARKETING, MP3, music, PCS, SALES, Virgin, Virgin Entertainment
Research articles 2008-01-28
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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
Research articles 2008-01-21
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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
Research articles 2008-01-14
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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
Research articles 2008-01-07
Low-fare airlines take off at SFO
SFO -- The explosion of low-fare carriers at San Francisco International Airport in 2007 is just what the doctor ordered for bargain-hunting domestic travelers. Southwest Airlines launched its largest new-city schedule in history at SFO in August, the same month Burlingame-based discount startup Virgin America launched its...
Tags: carrier, SFO, Southwest Airlines Co., Virgin
Research articles 2008-01-02
Big box panic: Americans have been afraid of chain stores for nearly a century, but independent outlets keep thriving
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON THE CORNER of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston sits one of the famed architect Frank Gehry's least inspired creations. "360 Newbury" is a big box of a building--appropriate considering that its first three floors have long housed big-box record stores-famous only as Gehry's sole...
Tags: American Booksellers Association, bookstore, Macy, Manufacturing, Retail, SALES, Starbucks Corp., Tower Records, Virgin, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 2008-01-01
Low-fare carriers brought SFO revival
The explosion of low-fare carriers at San Francisco International Airport in 2007 is just what the doctor ordered for bargain-hunting domestic travelers. Discount king Southwest Airlines launched its largest new-city schedule in history at SFO in August, the same month Burlingame- based discount start-up Virgin America launched...
Tags: carrier, SFO, Southwest Airlines Co., Virgin
Research articles 2007-12-29
Internet subtracts banks from lending equation
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The Internet is directly connecting investors and borrowers, letting them take banks out of the lending equation and put their money where their hearts and dreams are. People have lent each other more than 100 million dollars through Prosper.com since it launched in February of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bank, borrower, FINANCE, INTERNET, investor, P2P, Virgin
Research articles 2007-12-16
Virgin America lands American Airlines exec as CEO
Virgin America, the new airline that fosters an unorthodox image, has stuck with a time-tested industry veteran for its new CEO. The San Francisco-based start-up, which began flying Aug. 8, on Monday named C. David Cush, senior vice president of global sales at Fort Worth-based American...
Tags: American Airlines, CEO, Entrepreneurship, SALES, Virgin
Research articles 2007-11-28
What Virgin Move Means
Q: What does Virgin being named preferred bidder mean? A: The aim is to give Sir Richard and his team two to three weeks to complete their due diligence in the hope they can put a firm, fully financed offer on the table before Christmas. There is no guarantee...
Tags: Bank of England, FINANCE, shareholder, Sir, Virgin
Research articles 2007-11-27
Ruthless and a daredevil; The would-be Rock buyer with a taste for publicity
Byline: By PAUL MCMILLAN LONG before Sir Alan Sugar gained widespread fame with his "you're fired" catchphrase, rival Sir Richard Branson had already mastered the art of self-promotion. The 57-year-old, with an estimated wealth of more than pounds 3bn, is linked with investment in Northern Rock and well-known...
Tags: Branding, INTERNET, MARKETING, Richard, Sir, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic
Research articles 2007-10-15
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