Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (Code AITA: VS ; Code ICAO: VIR ) is a British Airline company group Virgin.

Before being bought by the group of Richard Branson, it was called British Atlantic Airways and carried out the service road of the Falkland Islands since 1982. As of its repurchase in 1984, it launches out in the transatlantic flights between New York and London.

Today, it is the second long-distance company of the the United Kingdom behind British Airways. Its fleet is made up of Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 (1st to do it).

Singapore Airlines control 49% of the shares of Virgin Atlantic.

Incidents and accidents

The June 19th 1984, during the final of test of flight CAA before the final purchase, an engine took fire because of an ingestion of bird. The plane nevertheless landed without concern.

June 1st 1996, flight VS007 coming from London towards Los Angeles made an emergency landing with Iqaluit after passengers was victim of an heart attack. One of the engines of the 747 ran up against a pump against takeoff on the tarmac, which caused serious damage on the fuselage and with the tank. The plane lands and made repairs during 4 days.

The November 5th 1997, a Airbus A340 -300 G-VSKY had to make an emergency landing with the Aéroport of Heathrow. The apparatus and the track were damaged during the impact with the landing. The fuselage and the passengers were evacuated without important damage.

The February 8th 2005, in the Airbus A340 -600 on the way since HongKong bound for London, the control panel of the gasoline have engineering problems what caused a dysfunction of transfer between the tanks. The left external engine lost power, and a little later the external engine right also started to lose power until the crew does the transfer manually. The crew deviated towards Amsterdam, or the plane made a landing without problems.

The July 15th 2006, G-VWKD (a Airbus A340 -600), during the International takeoff of HongKong Airport, was damaged by a Tailstrike and had to release fuel in the airspace of HongKong and to return to the airport for repairs. G-VMEG (another A340-600) was sent to ensure the transport of the passengers.

The August 24th 2006, of the passengers were " emprisonnés" on board VS63 (Boeing 747-400 has) when it was discovered the planes had has misshapen car. Boarded the 747 in box passengers, which included has Young couples one organizes has Honeymoon, started riots. The flight, from London Gatwick to Havana, had been due to departure At 9:30 amndt At 10 amndt, the doors were closed. However, there has delay and At 11 amndt, the crew said that there has technical problem that would take 15 to minutes to repair. At 11:30, the passengers were told that they were waiting for has " spare part" , which arrived two hours later, and takeoff was " soon". Goal At 2:45 pm, passengers were told that the meals might cuts to Be replaced, and yew the planes was not cleared for takeoff by 3:30, they would not Be whitebait to continuous. At 3:35 pm, takeoff was aborted because off the car. The flight was officially cancelled At 4 pm, and after has half-hour, passengers were disembarked and waited for to their luggage. VS63 was rescheduled for the following day and all 352 passengers were offered hotel accommodating.

Float

Destinations

Africa

Asia

The Caribbean

The United States

Europe

Oceania

Subsidiary company

September 28th, 2004, Virgin Atlantic and the government of the Nigeria sign the agreement which opens the way with the creation of Virgin Nigeria. Which is held to 49% by Virgin Atlantic and 51% the Nigeria.

External bond

  • Official site

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