Virgin Atlantic Airlines
Virgin Atlantic Airlines specializes in long distances. It travels a lot between London and North American destinations as well as the Middle East, Australia, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. This Virgin Atlantic Airline bases its operations out of Heathrow Airport in London as well as Gatwick Airport. Manchester Airport in the UK serves the United States and the Caribbean locations.

Some of the most popular routes are those Virgin Atlantic Airline trips to Disney land in Florida. Who doesn’t want to spend some time with Mickey Mouse? Some of the destinations you might find in Africa include Nairobi, Kenya, Cape Town, South Africa and even Lagos, Nigeria.

Virgin Atlantic Airlines hits the major highlights in Asia too. Hong Kong and Shanghai, China, Tokyo, Japan, Dehli and Mumbai, India and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are a few of the Asian hot spots. The Caribbean holds a lot of allure with many vacationers. And guess what? Virgin Atlantic Airlines has a selection of Caribbean destinations to choose from like Havana, Cuba, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nassau, Bahamas and Bridgetown, Barbados.

History Of Virgin Atlantic Airlines: -
In 1984, the very first Virgin Atlantic Airlines flight took off from London’s Gatwick Airport to Newark on a leased airplane. Within its first year, the airline was profitable. So it added another plane to the line-up. The airline kept growing and adding more destinations and airplanes.

By 1999, for an infusion of cash, forty-nine percent of Virgin Atlantic was sold to Singapore Airlines while Richard Branson of the Virgin Group retained the remaining fifty-one percent. There has also been some talk about a Virgin Atlantic Airlines merger with Jetblue Airways. It would be a win-win situation. Jetblue would get an infusion of cash and Virgin would get code sharing agreement and some leeway with some domestic flight scheduling. So far, nothing has come to pass.

The culture of Virgin Atlantic Airlines is also a bit different than other airlines. The cabin crew tries to inject fun and humor in some of the ritualistic demonstrations of procedures. So if that is not your cup of tea, then you might want to find another airline.