Sir Richard Branson is in talks with Brazilian partners to start an airline in Latin America's largest country, the Agencia Estado news service said today. The airline would be a kind of ‘Virgin Brazil’ and would start out with domestic flights, although it may later expand with international destinations...

Possibly, but Branson was against any of the allinaces he said that they limit competition....even though Singapore Airlines own 49% of Virgin and Singapore are in the Star Alliance

Virgin Atlantic aims to merge with Midlands-based airline BMI – and is pushing Deutsche Lufthansa to agree to the deal. Virgin's external affairs and route development director, Barry Humphreys, told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung : "We are very interested in a merger with BMI,"...

British airlines face increased costs running into hundreds of millions of pounds, and expansion plans being blown off course, after fresh problems emerged with Boeing's rollout of its new 787 Dreamliner aeroplane. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and First Choice Airways have ordered 97 Dreamliners...

Sir Richard Branson's promotion of biofuels - with a test flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam by a Virgin Atlantic plane late last month - is a PR stunt and green taxes on aviation are pure opportunism according to the chief executive of British Airways, the Guardian reports. As the Queen unveiled...

Well the flight took place today with Virging 747-400, G-VWOW operating Flight VS811P with a sustainable fuel from biomass mixed with traditional kerosene- based jet fuel. The biofuel flight demonstration highlights the technical feasibility of using biofuels in a commercial jetliner and is a significant...

The airline will fly one of its Boeing 747 aircraft on a sustainable type of biofuel from London Heathrow to Amsterdam in a bid to demonstrate what the aviation industry can achieve using clean-fuel technology to reduce carbon emissions The flight is being run in conjunction with Boeing and engine maker...