Virgin Express train

Virgin Express train (Code AITA: TV ; Code ICAO: VEX ) is a Belgian Airline company, at low costs, group SN Air Holding.

History

EBA

In 1992, two businessmen create a company charter on the ruins of TEA.

EBA (EuroBelgianAirlines) will begin some time later to operate flights low cost worms of European big cities. However its activity is primarily made up of flights charters necessary to the profitability of the company.

Already the fleet is composed of Boeing 737 -300 and 400, these models of plane besides will form the majority of the starting fleets of the European low cost . Their advantage is to be easily available on the second-hand market.

It then connects Brussels to Barcelona Rome or Copenhagen.

In 1993, this way of taking the plane was somewhat revolutionist; Ryanair or Easyjet was not yet there to revolutionize the market of the flights Low-cost .

Virgin Express train

In 1996 the founders of EBA resell their company with the Virgin group and his charismatic owner Richard Branson. This group has already two airline company in the United Kingdom: Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Sun.

The company invests then with all goes, opens new roads and hubs and creates even two subsidiary companies in Ireland and France. The company is involved in debt and made finally back machine. Virgin Express Irland is resold has a Russian group of investor and will become Skynet, the French company will be dismantled.

The company will then have a calm rhythm of life during a few years. After the bankruptcy of the Sabena, the leaders of Virgin Express decide to take all the possible markets.

At the end of 2005, Virgin Express installs winglets on Boeing 737-300 registered OO-VEX, which makes the second company in the world of it equip this type with it of apparatus.

From now on, 3 Boeing 737-300 are equipped with winglets (OO-VEX, OO-VEH and OO-VE*).

Virgin-SNBA fusion

However the creation of SN Brussels Airlines will thwart the plans of Virgin. Two cocks in the same farmyard, that could not last eternally. Virgin Express train and SN Brussels Airlines thus amalgamated.

Brussels Airlines, the new company which will inaugurate its first flight on March 25th, 2007 makes a point of communicating that it is about a birth, and not of a fusion. Indeed, the two names of the companies relationships (Virgin Express train and SN Brussels Airlines) disappear, to become a radically different name: Brussels Airlines. The management of Brussels Airlines is composed of the former members of the SN management Brussels Airlines, tandis the management of Virgin Express quite simply resigned, the concurrent companies having judged good to discharge them The new name of this company was announced the November 7th 2006: It is about Brussels Airlines .

While waiting for the formal fusion of the two certificates of air operation (AOC), the operator Virgin Express carries, since May 2007, the name of Brussels Airline Fly (BAF). The name of Virgin remaining Express train held by the group of Sir Richard Branson.

Network

The company connects Brussels to

Float

5 Boeing 737 -300
5 Boeing 737 -400

Total: 10

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