Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic .....

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered the fall of Virgin Australia into administration in this article last week.  The end was .....

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sir Richard Branson has abandoned plans for a Government bailout of Virgin Atlantic and is now desperately seeking a trade buyer. The airline will be put into .....

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sir Richard Branson has abandoned plans for a Government bailout of Virgin .....

26 Apr 202026 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 351 comments

Two week ago, we reported that Virgin Atlantic had completely suspended passenger flights for a week. We predicted it would be subject to a rolling program of cancellations and we were right. .....

Two week ago, we reported that Virgin Atlantic had completely suspended passenger flights for a week. We .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Sir Richard Branson published an open letter to Virgin Group employees yesterday, in part to address some of the criticism he has received – including in our comments – over issues .....

Sir Richard Branson published an open letter to Virgin Group employees yesterday, in part to address some of .....

21 Apr 202021 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 215 comments

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin Australia has been placed into administration with an announcement due on Tuesday morning. .....

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin .....

20 Apr 202020 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Virgin Atlantic’s initial proposal for a £500 million bail-out has been thrown out by the Government, according to a Financial Times report, although it has been encouraged to make a new .....

Virgin Atlantic’s initial proposal for a £500 million bail-out has been thrown out by the Government, .....

18 Apr 202018 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped its new Sao Paulo route before it even took its first flight. This was to be Virgin’s first route into South America.  It was going up against British Airways and .....

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped its new Sao Paulo route before it even took its first flight. This was to be .....

18 Apr 202018 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

Sky News reported this afternoon that Morgan Stanley has been appointed by the Government to give additional advice on Virgin Atlantic’s application for a bailout. It has already been confirmed .....

Sky News reported this afternoon that Morgan Stanley has been appointed by the Government to give additional .....

15 Apr 202015 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. You can sign up for Club@YOTEL on the website here. Back in 2018, YOTEL launched a free membership scheme called My YOTEL.  .....

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. You can sign up for Club@YOTEL on .....

12 Apr 202012 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it was only operating New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong flights this month. This .....

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it .....

8 Apr 20208 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 64 comments

Rolls-Royce and Airbus are pressuring the UK Government to back a bailout of Virgin Atlantic, according to a report in the Financial Times this afternoon. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has .....

Rolls-Royce and Airbus are pressuring the UK Government to back a bailout of Virgin Atlantic, according to a .....

1 Apr 20201 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

The Financial Times has reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic is about to submit an official request for state aid to avoid bankruptcy. The article is behind a paywall but you can see it by .....

The Financial Times has reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic is about to submit an official request .....

27 Mar 202027 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 296 comments

Now that the majority of flights are grounded, different airlines are choosing different strategies on how they try and retain future customer bookings. We are not, for once, talking about the .....

Now that the majority of flights are grounded, different airlines are choosing different strategies on how .....

26 Mar 202026 March 2020 by Rhys Jones • 75 comments