Virgin Atlantic Airways News

The 33-year-old Norwalk man formerly worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways in Norwalk.

The 33-year-old Norwalk man formerly worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways in Norwalk.

Billionaire Richard Branson soared across the Atlantic and touched down in Vancouver Thursday to promote his airline's maiden flight from London Heathrow to YVR.

British Airways, the largest carrier in the United Kingdom by fleet size, announced that it would begin nonstop service three times a week between London's Gatwick International Airport and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

In a harbinger of a noisier, more confrontational future in the skies, Virgin Atlantic Airways on Tuesday said it has started allowing passengers to use cell phones to talk and text during a transatlantic flight.

Burgin, who started this week, will lead a team of four press officers at Virgin Atlantic's UK headquarters in Crawley, with the remit of driving corporate and consumer activity and reputation management of the brand.

The revamped Virgin Atlantic Airways airplane by VW + BS studio may just be the most lusciously chic airplane in the air.

After approaching Virgin Atlantic Airways four years ago about redesigning the interior of one of its planes for the latest in luxurious first-class travel, VW+BS Studios recently realized its mission with the installation of an upper class bar and cabin in a wide-body Airbus A330.

Passengers can order drinks chilled by ice cubes that are shaped to look like airline founder Richard Branson's head and face.

Global Holidays signed up general sales agent agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways for Lebanon.