Another window of opportunity has opened for Virgin Atlantic.  The Treasury revealed, via the Financial Times this morning, that it is about to launch ‘Project Birch’ to bail out .....

Another window of opportunity has opened for Virgin Atlantic.  The Treasury revealed, via the Financial Times .....

25 May 202025 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic pushes back resumption of passengers flights to July Virgin Atlantic has reacted to the new UK quarantine restrictions by pushing back the start of passenger services to .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic pushes back resumption of passengers flights to July Virgin Atlantic has .....

25 May 202025 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Virgin Atlantic is removing the sign-up bonus from its free credit card on Tuesday. This is your last chance (at least for now) to earn 5,000 miles on the ‘no annual fee’ Virgin .....

Virgin Atlantic is removing the sign-up bonus from its free credit card on Tuesday. This is your last chance .....

24 May 202024 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

For the last few years, an interesting route to pick up a large chunk of Virgin Flying Club points was via the Virgin Money International Money Transfer service. It was a generous deal  The amount of .....

For the last few years, an interesting route to pick up a large chunk of Virgin Flying Club points was via the .....

22 May 202022 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Virgin Atlantic finally has a functioning Boeing 787 fleet, after three years. Cornonavirus has taken the focus of the airline industry away from Boeing and its 737MAX issues.  The 737MAX had, .....

Virgin Atlantic finally has a functioning Boeing 787 fleet, after three years. Cornonavirus has taken the .....

20 May 202020 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Gatwick Airport is not having the best of times at the moment.  No airport is having a great May, obviously, but at least Heathrow knows that the high value of its slots means that airlines will do .....

Gatwick Airport is not having the best of times at the moment.  No airport is having a great May, obviously, .....

18 May 202018 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 102 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic extends the life of your miles ….. Virgin Atlantic announced the extension of any expiring Virgin Flying Club miles yesterday. Any miles due to expire between .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic extends the life of your miles ….. Virgin Atlantic announced the .....

16 May 202016 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • Leave a comment

Virgin Atlantic has quietly dropped flights from Manchester to Las Vegas. We ran an article yesterday on the Virgin Atlantic Summer 2021 schedule which can read here. What was noticeable by its .....

Virgin Atlantic has quietly dropped flights from Manchester to Las Vegas. We ran an article yesterday on the .....

15 May 202015 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

Virgin Atlantic has revealed its flying plans for Summer 2021.  This follows the announcement that Sir Richard Branson is selling part of his stake in Virgin Galactic to raise funds to pump into the .....

Virgin Atlantic has revealed its flying plans for Summer 2021.  This follows the announcement that Sir .....

14 May 202014 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

A new twist has emerged in the battle to keep Virgin Atlantic afloat, as Virgin Group has announced that its Vieco investment vehicle is selling up to 25 million shares in Virgin Galactic.  These are .....

A new twist has emerged in the battle to keep Virgin Atlantic afloat, as Virgin Group has announced that its .....

12 May 202012 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Sky News reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic has appointed restructuring specialists Alvarez & Marsal to oversee a potential pre-pack insolvency of the airline. This does not necessarily .....

Sky News reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic has appointed restructuring specialists Alvarez & .....

9 May 20209 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be permanently retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet with immediate effect, leaving London Gatwick and making 3,150 staff redundant. This is part of the strategy to .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be permanently retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet with immediate effect, .....

5 May 20205 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 100 comments

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios balance.  You should never take airline miles by default, though, as it is normally .....

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios .....

5 May 20205 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that Virgin Atlantic and Norwegian must not receive Government support and be allowed to fail. .....

However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that .....

29 Apr 202029 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments