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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson dresses as an air stewardess and serves drinks on Air Asia flight to honour Formula 1 bet with Tony Fernandes
Sunday 12 May 2013
Sir Richard says 'something went wrong' with wager
The end of the free upgrade: the great airline business upgrade auction is ready for take-off
Monday 29 April 2013
A free move into business class could become a thing of a past as the major airlines look to raise extra revenue online
Liberian man who claimed he wasn't offered a job by Virgin Atlantic because of his African name loses race bias claim
Friday 19 April 2013
A job hunter who accused Virgin Atlantic of racial discrimination has lost his case.
Liberian man claims he wasn't offered a job by Virgin Atlantic because of his African name
Monday 15 April 2013
He claims when he sent a worse CV with an English name, he was offered an interview and treated differently
Branson claims Heathrow slots are 'crumbs off the table' as his new airline brand Little Red launches
Monday 08 April 2013
Sir Richard Branson has claimed that his Virgin Atlantic carrier had been given just some "crumbs off the table" as he launched a new domestic airline brand.
Tips and deals of the week: The Calatrava Boutique Hotel, Angry Birds at the Kennedy Space Center and Virgin Atlantic's Little Red
Saturday 30 March 2013
The Hotel
Deals of the week - Jersey, Rhodes, New York
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Less than £200... Bag four nights' B&B at the three-star Mayfair Hotel in St Helier, Jersey, for £165pp. The deal also includes return Fastcat crossing from Poole and transfers and is valid for travel in April. Under-12s stay free if sharing the room (£35 per child for travel). modernhotels.com
EasyJet flies into the Footsie – and Moscow
Tuesday 19 March 2013
On the day it officially flew into the FTSE 100, easyJet yesterday launched flights from London to Moscow in a move the Government hopes will boost trade between the two countries.
Holiday airline Thomson abandons plans for troubled Dreamliner
Tuesday 05 March 2013
Holiday airline Thomson has had to scrap plans to operate Boeing's troubled new ultra-green Dreamliner plane from May.
Boarding pass ready for new chairman
Sunday 03 February 2013
The powerful aviation body that decides which airlines get London's valuable landing slots is close to appointing a new chairman to pilot international expansion.
US air veteran Craig Kreeger joins Virgin Atlantic
Tuesday 08 January 2013
The “Americanisation” of Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic continued today with the appointment of an experienced US aviation figure as the carrier's new chief executive.
Donald MacInnes: I'm hoping Branson wins his bet, otherwise it's so long sis
Friday 14 December 2012
In The Red
Simon Calder: Why Branson’s fresh ideas were Virgin territory
Friday 14 December 2012
The man who pays his way
James Moore: High-flying bet which won't get off the ground
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Outlook Ladies and gentlemen with investments in the airline industry, we ask you to fasten your seat belts for another spell of turbulence.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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