Virgin Atlantic is the brainchild of Richard Branson. Richard Branson is well known for his Virgin Records that had signed many legendary artists Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson and the Human League. In 1984, Richard Branson declared to launch a high quality airline. Within three months, Virgin Atlantic started operating with some license and staff. It became the first airline to offer personal TVs to the business class passengers. In 1992, Virgin Music was sold to Thom EMI with the aim to invest the proceeds into improving the services of Virgin Atlantic. In the same year,
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Virgin Atlantic launched the first super economy service. With Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 aircrafts in its fleet, it is one of the youngest fleets in the world. With the inclusion of Airbus A380 in its fleets, Virgin Atlantic expects it as world’s largest aircraft which would be high quality on-board product and service. |
