Virgin Atlantic Airways
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Travel classes
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Economy Class
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Premium Ecomomy
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Business Class
Miscellaneous
- IATA Code = VS
- Ticket Code: n/a
- Hubs: London Heathrow (LHR)
- Headquarters: London Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom
- Frequent flyer program: Flying Club
- Contact: Virgin Atlantic Airways Contact
About Virgin Atlantic Airways
Since it was founded twenty-four years ago, Virgin Atlantic Airways has become Britain’s second largest airline serving the world’s major cities. Virgin Atlantic is the quintessential Virgin story. It has every ingredient: the small newcomer taking on the giant and complacent establishment, the people’s champion introducing better service and lower costs for passengers with a reputation for quality and innovative product development.[1]
On 20 December 1999 Richard Branson signed an agreement to sell a 49% stake of Virgin Atlantic to Singapore Airlines to form a unique global partnership. The cost of the transaction to Singapore Airlines was £600.25 million, which included a capital injection of £49 million and valued Virgin Atlantic at a minimum of £1.225billion. The deal was finalised in early 2000.[2]
In summer 2003 came the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s revolutionary Upper Class Suite, the longest and most comfortable flat bed and seat in the airline industry. The Upper Class Suite has won twelve of the most prestigious designs awards including a Yellow Pencil award for product design and an IDEA Gold Award for Transport Design.[3]
Since December 2004 Virgin Atlantic has launched services between London and Sydney, Mumbai, Dubai, Havana, Montego Bay, and direct flights between Manchester and Barbados and Manchester and St Lucia. New services from Heathrow included Chicago in April last year, and the launch of services between Heathrow and Nairobi on the 1 June. Services between Heathrow and Mauritius started on the 28th October and services between Gatwick and Kingston, Jamaica, commenced on the 30th October.[4]
Frequent flyer program
Flying Club is Virgin Atlantic's frequent flyer programme. Every time you take a qualifying flight with Virgin Atlantic or one of the partners you can earn miles which can be spent on a wide range of rewards. As soon as you join Flying Club, you'll become a red member and be entitled to some great benefits such as regular news and offer updates, access to your Flying Club account online, and the use of a dedicated helpline.[5]
Once you move up to Flying Club Silver you’ll get all the benefits of Flying Club Red, plus a good deal more, designed to make your travelling experience even more enjoyable. Benefits include: Use of Premium Economy Check In on every Virgin Atlantic flight (regardless of your class of travel), upgrades for the Gatwick and Heathrow Express train services and much more.[6]
At the pinnacle of Flying Club is our gold tier, where you’ll receive extra privileges designed just for the most frequent travelers. Benefits include use of Upper Class Check In (on every Virgin Atlantic flight), use of Virgin Clubhouses around the world, bonus miles when flying with us and many more exclusive entitlements.[7]
For more information please go to http://www.virginatlantic.com/flyingclub
Fleet
- 5 Airbus A340-300
- 17 Airbus A340-600
- 13 Boeing 747-400
As of January 2010 [8]
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