According to a press release from the airline, fliers on A330 Airbus planes operated by Virgin will be able to use cell phones in the air, to text or talk.
AP | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 05.15.2012
NEW YORK — The phrase "Can you hear me now" has entered the jet age. Passengers on certain Virgin Atlantic flights are now able to use their ce...
Posted 05.02.2012
It was about time in-flight food and beverage service got shaken up. Guests of Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class section will soon be able to ice their dr...
AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 04.16.2012
LONDON — A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing mor...
AP | By RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.07.2012
LONDON -- A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following allegations she routinely fed information about the airline's celebrity clientele – ...
Richard Branson | Posted 05.31.2012
This week Jim Cameron has shown the world it is possible to take 21st-century camera technology to the depths -- he has sparked humankind's curiosity to discover more.
Posted 03.26.2012
Oh Virgin Atlantic. Just when we think you can't one-up yourself, you do it anyway. The airline, which boasts the hottest flight attendants in the ...
Posted 02.28.2012
It was already known that Virgin Atlantic had the hottest flight attendants, but how about the quietest? Crew working in the airline's Upper Class cab...
Melanie Nayer | Posted 04.16.2012
If you've ever sat cramped, in a middle seat in coach, on a red-eye flight, you likely understand the swollen feet, baggy eyes, pale skin, crumpled cl...
The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 12.11.2011
A low-carbon aviation fuel is in the works for Virgin Atlantic, the company announced today. The new fuel will have but half the carbon footprint of t...
The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 12.07.2011
No longer will Virgin Atlantic Upper Class passengers be able to season their in-flight meal from lavish silver pots. The airline announced Friday it ...
1:12PM BST 14 Sep 2011 | Posted 11.14.2011
Katherine Goldberg was flying from South Africa to London in August when she drunkenly assaulted a male crew member on the Virgin flight, a Northwest ...
Lea Lane | Posted 10.24.2011
Twenty-seven years ago, when I was managing editor of a publication called Travel Smart, I was invited with a few other writers on the first flight of Branson's new airline, Virgin Atlantic, flying from England to Newark.
TravelSort | Posted 10.21.2011
We at TravelSort just flew Lufthansa First Class to Europe, using credit card bonuses and points. Here are our best tips.
AOL Travel News | Posted 10.17.2011
Virgin Atlantic has decided to put "weep warnings" before emotional movies shown in-flight. It seems emotions run high at 30,000 feet. The warning ...
AOL Travel News | Posted 08.22.2011
Looks like somebody's going to be in trouble after Virgin Atlantic passengers were greeted with a four-letter wakeup call Sunday. "Get up, you c***...
AOL Travel News | Posted 08.10.2011
It just doesn't get better than this: A "mass brawl" that broke out on a Barbados-bound Virgin Atlantic flight ended with a woman in an arm sling and ...
AOL Travel News | Posted 07.20.2011
A sad thing happened on the way to Hong Kong: A band serenaded a sparsely-populated plane to mostly deaf ears. The band, which is currently traveli...
AOL Travel News | Posted 07.12.2011
A sexually-charged dispute between two Virgin Atlantic passengers got out of control when a female passenger's clothes were ripped off and her hair pu...
AOL Travel News | Posted 06.26.2011
Ever wonder what it's like to fly the friendly skies for a living? One correspondent for the TV show "Entertainment Tonight" got to find out. Virgi...
Posted 06.04.2011
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin brands are always one to make a splash (remember his arrival at the Dallas airport for Virgin America?), and Monday's ann...
Posted 05.25.2011
Members of the London rap group N-Dubz, caused a stir on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles after they learned the bar was closed, according to...
AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — When the airline industry took a nose dive a decade ago, executives at global carriers scrambled to find a quick fix to avoid finan...
Posted 05.25.2011
According to a survey of 1,000 people by the Business Travel and Meetings Show (BTMS), Virgin Atlantic has the most attractive flight attendants with ...
Telegraph | Nick Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
Some passengers fail to understand why they are prevented from opening the window, while others would like the engines to be "turned down" to reduce t...
SmarterTravel | Posted 05.17.2012