Sir Richard Branson published an open letter to Virgin Group employees yesterday, in part to address some of the criticism he has received – including in our comments – over issues .....

Sir Richard Branson published an open letter to Virgin Group employees yesterday, in part to address some of .....

21 Apr 202021 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 209 comments

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin Australia has been placed into administration with an announcement due on Tuesday morning. .....

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin .....

20 Apr 202020 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Virgin Atlantic’s initial proposal for a £500 million bail-out has been thrown out by the Government, according to a Financial Times report, although it has been encouraged to make a new .....

Virgin Atlantic’s initial proposal for a £500 million bail-out has been thrown out by the Government, .....

18 Apr 202018 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped its new Sao Paulo route before it even took its first flight. This was to be Virgin’s first route into South America.  It was going up against British Airways and .....

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped its new Sao Paulo route before it even took its first flight. This was to be .....

18 Apr 202018 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

Sky News reported this afternoon that Morgan Stanley has been appointed by the Government to give additional advice on Virgin Atlantic’s application for a bailout. It has already been confirmed .....

Sky News reported this afternoon that Morgan Stanley has been appointed by the Government to give additional .....

15 Apr 202015 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. You can sign up for Club@YOTEL on the website here. Back in 2018, YOTEL launched a free membership scheme called My YOTEL.  .....

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. You can sign up for Club@YOTEL on .....

12 Apr 202012 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it was only operating New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong flights this month. This .....

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it .....

8 Apr 20208 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

Rolls-Royce and Airbus are pressuring the UK Government to back a bailout of Virgin Atlantic, according to a report in the Financial Times this afternoon. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has .....

Rolls-Royce and Airbus are pressuring the UK Government to back a bailout of Virgin Atlantic, according to a .....

1 Apr 20201 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

The Financial Times has reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic is about to submit an official request for state aid to avoid bankruptcy. The article is behind a paywall but you can see it by .....

The Financial Times has reported this afternoon that Virgin Atlantic is about to submit an official request .....

27 Mar 202027 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 294 comments

Now that the majority of flights are grounded, different airlines are choosing different strategies on how they try and retain future customer bookings. We are not, for once, talking about the .....

Now that the majority of flights are grounded, different airlines are choosing different strategies on how .....

26 Mar 202026 March 2020 by Rhys Jones • 71 comments

Following a number of days of talks with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and representatives from UK airports, the Government has refused to provide a package of financial support for the UK .....

Following a number of days of talks with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and representatives from UK .....

24 Mar 202024 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 202 comments

There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic this week as part of a bail-out of the aviation sector. It may .....

There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 152 comments

We told you yesterday that you will no longer be able to earn Virgin Flying Club points at Waitrose from 26th March. What I didn’t realise at the time is that the Virgin Atlantic deal with .....

We told you yesterday that you will no longer be able to earn Virgin Flying Club points at Waitrose from 26th .....

22 Mar 202022 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was already doomed!) has been finalised.  A 2nd bail-out, for Finnair, is expected to be agreed .....

The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was .....

21 Mar 202021 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 139 comments