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Sir Richard Branson unveils underwater "plane" for deep sea tours

Virgin Submarine?

Sir Richard Branson unveils underwater "plane" for deep sea tours

By RICHARD MORIARTY

Adventure Sir Richard Branson has unveiled his new toy - an underwater "plane" for a voyage to the bottom of the sea.

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Sir Richard Branson to unveil Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

Space Tourism

Sir Richard Branson to unveil Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

By Paula Bustamante

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars.

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Goodbye, Virgin Nigeria; hello, Nigerian Eagle Airlines

Richard Branson Airline Deal

Goodbye, Virgin Nigeria; hello, Nigerian Eagle Airlines

By Ikechi Uko, eTN Ambassador

The controversial relationship between Virgin Atlantic and its erstwhile Nigeria counterpart Virgin Nigeria has finally came to an end on September 17 at a well attended press conference at the VIP lo

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Airline of The Week: V Australia

Making The Skies Friendly Again

Airline of The Week: V Australia

What's to love about this new airline from Richard Branson? A lot. Let's start with the obvious - really low fares on it's routes between Australia and west coast USA.

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British Airways/American Airlines link would be monopoly - Branson

Branson Calls On Government To Reject Application

British Airways/American Airlines link would be monopoly - Branson

A proposed alliance between AMR Corp's American Airlines and British Airways would create a "monster monopoly," British entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Thursday.

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3 Questions: Richard Branson

Virgin America

3 Questions: Richard Branson

By sfgate.com

Q: Virgin just started flying between San Francisco and Orange County last week. Can you make a new route work during a serious recession?

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Out of this world!

Space Tourism

Out of this world!

By Mark Harding

LISBON, Portugal (eTN) - Every now and again a new form of high-speed transit appears such as the TGV, wide-body airliner, Concorde and so on, but nothing quite compares with the supersonic marvel tha

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Virgin takes delivery of Boeing 777 for it's Australian airline.

V Australia

Virgin takes delivery of Boeing 777 for it's Australian airline.

By alternativeairlines.com

Sir Richard Branson must have been a proud man as he took delivery of a brand new Boeing 777-300 ER on behalf of his Australian airline, V Australia.

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Branson’s Virgin Nigeria nightmare

Richard Branson

Branson’s Virgin Nigeria nightmare

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

Reports have reached from acquaintances in Nigeria about the latest developments over Sir Richard Branson’s Nigerian aviation (mis)adventure.

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AirAsia X: How low can you go?

Low-cost Airfare

AirAsia X: How low can you go?

By Yusof Sulaiman

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) - AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman Rani has been asked the same question many times: How much longer can his long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X continue with its business mode

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Virgin Atlantic to walk away from Virgin Nigeria

Africa Aviation

Virgin Atlantic to walk away from Virgin Nigeria

By Lucky Onoriode George, eTN Ambassador

LAGOS, Nigeria (eTN) - Virgin Atlantic, majority shareholder and core investor in Nigeria’s flag carrier Virgin Nigeria, is set to de-invest is shareholding in the airline.

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South Australia wants space tourists

South Australia - Space. Non-Stop.

South Australia wants space tourists

The South Australian Tourism Commission wants British billionaire, and head of Virgin, Richard Branson, to consider the State's outback for one of his most ambitious ventures.

The British entrepreneur hopes his Virgin Galactic spacecraft, which is still being developed, will take tourists into space within the next two years.

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US 'must embrace cross-border airline ownership' says Branson

It's Time To Open Up

US 'must embrace cross-border airline ownership' says Branson

Sir Richard Branson has called on the US government to be “brave” and embrace cross-border ownership of airlines and ensure that phase two of the open skies deal benefits European carriers.

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Will Virgin fly in Russia?

Virgin In Talks To Create New Russian Airline

Will Virgin fly in Russia?

MOSCOW - Virgin Group is in talks with a Russian company to set up a new local airline, Virgin owner Richard Branson said on Thursday, but analysts doubted he could overcome political obstacles to make it a reality.

"Now is the time for Virgin to come to Russia," Branson told reporters. "We are in discussions with a Russian partner. We ... read more

Branson's Virgin Group seeks approval to launch domestic airline in India

Virgin Group

Branson's Virgin Group seeks approval to launch domestic airline in India

New Delhi, India - The U.K.'s Virgin Group is seeking permission from the Indian government to launch a domestic airline in the country, its chairman said Monday.

«As a foreigner I'm not allowed to own a domestic airline ... I'm still lobbying to get permission to launch a domestic airline in India,» Richard Branson told reporters on ... read more