A knight of the British realm, Sir Richard Branson has never been one to resist making a colorful splash on the world's aviation stage. At the Farnborough Air Show outside London two years ago, ...

Virgin Atlantic is deferring delivery of the Airbus A380 for the second time but isn't canceling any part of the six-aircraft order. The airline deferred delivery once before, after the first A380 ...

On Oct. 26, a MarketWatch report on Virgin Atlantic agreeing to delay delivery of Airbus A380 aircraft contained an error on the type of aircraft Virgin is leasing ...

Gyms, beauty parlors, private double beds and an in-flight casino will feature on Virgin Atlantic’s giant Airbus A380 planes when it starts flying them in three years’ time, the airline’s half-owner ...

Airbus is playing down the significance of A380 launch customer Virgin Atlantic's decision to defer its six orders by 18 months, saying the reasons are unique to the UK airline. Virgin was due to be ...

Virgin Atlantic yesterday became the second international airline in as many months to complain that Los Angeles International Airport will not be ready accommodate the Airbus A380 in two years when ...

Flight International online news 010:30: Virgin Atlantic Airways is looking at extending the deferral of its first Airbus A380 delivery into 2009. The carrier is unhappy that a six-month slippage in ...

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will deliver six A380 aircraft to Virgin Atlantic in 2013, a four-year delay, the British company said. ‘Virgin Atlantic has reached an agreement in principle ...

Virgin Atlantic expects to see delays to deliveries of the A380 it has on order from Airbus, Chief Executive Steve Ridgway said Monday. “I think our aircraft will be delayed,” Ridgway told CNBC Europe ...