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à Introduction
à Overview
à History
à About Richard Branson
à Financial Report
à Growing rivalry with British Airways
à Destinations
à Fleet
à Slogans
à Features
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  is a
British airline which is owned by Richard
Branson's Virgin Group (51%) and
Singapore Airlines (49%). It operates long-
haul routes in every part of the world,
from its main bases at London Heathrow
Airport and Manchester Airport. Virgin
Atlantic carried around 5.1 million
passengers and made an annual profit of
£46.8 million in 2007.
Overview
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~ In 1982, Randolph Fields, an American-born
lawyer, and Alan Hellary, a previous chief pilot
for Laker Airways, set up British Atlantic
Airways as a direct successor to Laker Airways.
Fields met Richard Branson at a party in
Yentral London during which he proposed a
business partnership between Branson and
himself to get his fledgeling airline off the
ground. Fields agreed to a reduced stake of 25%
in the airline (renamed Virgin Atlantic) and
became Virgin Atlantic's first chairman.
 PRESIDENT

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1950) is an English entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin
brand of over 60 companies. Branson's first successful
business venture was at age 15, when he published a
magazine called „
 . In 1972, he opened a chain of
record stores,Virgin Records, later known as Virgin
Megastores in late 2007.
~ Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s - as
he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin
Records music label. Richard Branson is the 26th richest
person according to Forbes' 2008 list of billionaires as he
has an estimated net worth of approximately $7.9 billion
USD.
 FINANYIAL REPORT
~ Virgin Atlantic Group reported a final pre-
tax profit of ½15.7 million ($25. million)
for the year ended last April 0.
~ The airline lost ½ 92.6 million in the
previous financial year.
~ Profit before tax and exceptional items was
½ 48.7 million, a significant increase over ½
1.8 million in the previous year.
Growing rivalry with British Airways

~ Virgin Atlantic has been a bitter rival of British

Airways since its inception.

~ Background to opening up Heathrow

In January 1991, the UK Government opened
the door for Virgin to operate from London
Heathrow Airport when it decided to abolish
the so-called "London Air Traffic Distribution
Rules" in response to growing pressure from
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~ Virgin Atlantic's fleet is composed of both Airbus
and Boeing aircraft with an average age of 6.7 years
as of March 2008.
~ Boeing 747-400s are used on all routes from
Gatwick and Manchester. Boeing 747s and Airbus
A40s are used interchangeably on routes from
Heathrow.
~ Virgin Atlantic also has both Boeing 787-9 and
Airbus A80-800 aircraft on order that will be
delivered beginning in 2011 and 201, respectively
 SLOGAN

~ WE NEVER FORGET YOUR

FIRST TIME.
FEATURES
~ First airline in the world to use the BIO
FUEL.
~ Its major engine parts are manufactured
by HAL, LUYKNOW.
~ First airline which provided the facilities
equivalent to premium class in cost of
service class.
 YONLUSION

~ Virgin Atlantic
is the name in the
world which has ability to change
campus of the any business.