Articles tagged “virgin atlantic”

The joint venture will have less of an impact on travelers than that of a full merger, but frequent flyers and premier passengers will reap the best benefits between shared lounges and mile points.

The expected proportions of the deal mean that Delta would be getting a significant discount compared with what Singapore Airlines paid for its stake in Richard Branson's Virgin Altantic.

Delta operates routes from Heathrow with Air France-KLM, but a Virgin partnership would really put a little sizzle into Delta's slots at the airport.

Though the influential BA boss would love the longtime thorn in his side to be buried once and for all, unlikely Delta would bury the brand name which still has a lot of resonance with consumers. Not to mention UK and EU regulators may prevent too many changes with a deal anyway.

While this hurts British Airways, it's largely self-inflicted: Virgin will be taking the slots of the BA-owned bmi airlines, which has shrunk under its administration.

Virgin excels at design inside its aircraft and in the airport. Now if it could only design its balance sheets with the same flair.

A storm of this magnitude affects not only the residents bracing for the imminent storm, but travelers around that world that either can’t return home or whose long awaited trips have been cancelled.

With India's own airlines players in turmoil, this is a good strategic move from Virgin Atlantic to capture the cross continental traffic from a growing outbound market like India.

The yoga trend started in airports and found its way into in-flight entertainment systems, but hardly enough room to even sit comfortably, it will be tough to your ‘om’ on.

Ryanair succeeds its sharing suggestive shots of its cabin crew in the name of charity, but other airlines who have shamelessly crossed the line have had their campaigns banned.