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Virgin Atlantic plane forced to reroute due to cracked windshield at 40,000ft

Damage to the cockpit windscreen prompted the U-turn to London Heathrow

The Independent UK

Flight turns back to London Heathrow after Boeing plane windscreen 'cracked at 40,000 feet'

The Boeing plane was on its way to San Francisco when it was forced to turn back

Evening Standard

Virgin Galactic announces international crew for flight on new Delta class space plane

Virgin Galactic announced a private mission with three researchers, which will fly no earlier than 2026 aboard the new Delta class of aircraft.

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20 Years Ago, One Moment Changed Spaceflight Forever

The private space race launched 20 years ago with a simple and elegant piece of aerospace engineering. Here's to Virgin Galactic and Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne!

Inverse

'Golden lights': Virgin passenger recounts engine fire

A Virgin Australia flight bound for Melbourne was safely diverted to a New Zealand airport after an engine burst into flames, due to a bird strike.

AAP

Virgin Australia delays vote on controversial enterprise agreement that would cut pilots’ days off

Exclusive: Last-minute decision comes as Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it is ‘engaging’ with airline on concerns rostering is leaving pilots fatigued

The Guardian - AU

Richard Branson to open his first ever London hotel in Shoreditch

Hotel will launch on Curtain Road in August with 120 rooms

Evening Standard

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‘I decided screw it, let’s give it a go’: Richard Branson says airlines were ‘abysmal’ when he started Virgin

Exclusive: In 1984, the Virgin Atlantic founder wondered: ‘will we last more than three or four years?’

The Independent UK

Virgin Galactic Completes Final Spaceflight Before Two-year Pause

Virgin Galactic on Saturday successfully completed its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the space tourism company seeks to finally turn a profit.

International Business Times

Virgin Galactic Set For Final Spaceflight Before Two-year Pause

Virgin Galactic is poised on Saturday for its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the company seeks to finally turn a profit.

International Business Times

“At the beginning John Lydon really loved it, and there was a real sense that it was great. And then, of course, it got very dark”: Jah Wobble on PiL, going back to his P-Bass – and why he’s reworking Metal Box

The post-punk pioneer gets back to his P-Bass, which he thinks of as a lifeform, and prepares to rework classic album Metal Box on tour – without ripping off reggae

Guitar World

Uluru's big tourism boost before land back anniversary

Nearly 40 years since Uluru was handed back to traditional owners, a major airline has give the tourism centre a new drawcard with flights from major cities.

AAP

Virgin Media sues Irish scallop fishers for $870,000 for alleged damage to underwater cable

Virgin Media Wholesale alleges the MV The Lida Suzanna didn't take care to check for cables before dredging the Irish Sea bed in search of scallops.

Fortune

Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue, watchdog tells Senate estimates

Almost 5% of pilots refused shifts due to tiredness in the last 28-day roster period, senators told, amid concerns about back-to-back 12-hour days

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Virgin Airlines flight returns to Perth airport after 'Passenger runs naked through plane'

The ‘disruptive passenger’ was arrested following incident on domestic flight in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Alleged naked run on Virgin flight from Perth to Melbourne leads to man being arrested

Australian federal police say ‘officers arrested a man after he allegedly ran naked through the aircraft mid-flight and knocked a crew member to the floor’

AAP

Flight aborted after alleged Virgin mid-air nude run

A Virgin flight from Perth to Melbourne was turned around after a man allegedly ran naked through the plane and knocked over a crew member.

The Guardian - AU

‘Rostering to the limits’: senior Virgin Australia pilots raise safety concerns over fatigue

Exclusive: Correspondence from pilots seen by Guardian Australia pleads for changes to the roster system to address fatigue

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The Guardian - UK

Virgin Money shareholders vote for Nationwide takeover by big majority

The deal won approval of 89% of voting shareholders, lining up Richard Branson for a £724m windfall from sale

The Independent UK

Virgin Voyages Australian cruise giveaway ‘unredeemable’ due to Red Sea conflict

Over 150 winners are unable to claim cruises departing Australia and New Zealand

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Virgin Atlantic cabin crew sue for unfair dismissal

Tribunal in London will hear claims Richard Branson’s airline used Covid redundancies to target older staff

The Guardian - UK

Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes

Company says it can offer ‘much-needed choice’ in bid to create direct competition for Avanti West Coast

The Independent UK

Virgin Atlantic tells passengers left stranded in St Lucia to ‘find your own hotels’

Exclusive: Under air travellers’ rights rules, airlines that ground flights are supposed to find alternative seats and provide hotels and meals

Louder

“The punk thing happened and all I saw was this skinny guy shouting. Suddenly it was all the rage and they were calling me rude names”: Bewildered and reclusive, Mike Oldfield just wanted to make double albums

He’d recorded Tubular Bells with substandard instruments but later Richard Branson personally delivered a world-class studio to his cottage. It still took Oldfield over 40 years to make sense of his original vision

The Guardian - AU

Bonza is the latest victim of Australian neoliberalism. It’s hard to see a new airline arriving any time soon

The mess created by decades of economic mistakes will be hard to unscramble. But the airline industry is a good place to start

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