Virgin Atlantic Plans a Biofuel Flight
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Virgin Atlantic said Monday that it would conduct the first airborne test of a renewable fuel by a commercial jet, using a Boeing 747.
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Virgin America Airlines, the low-cost carrier with ties to British entrepreneur Richard Branson, received its operating license on Wednesday from U.S. aviation authorities and announced plans to sell tickets.
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AUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin&#39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and
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Virgin will use Airbus A340-600 aircraft on the London-Sydney route, but plans to increase capacity by using Boeing 747s or adding a second daily service.
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LONDON : British Airways said it would raise its fuel surcharges by up to eight pounds (11.6 euros, 14.4 dollars) per return ticket as a result of soaring oil prices.
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England's BioTruck team aims to promote greener alternatives to fuels like ethanol.
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Virgin Atlantic is to launch a new airline in Nigeria next year to succeed the failed national airline Nigeria Airways.
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The Virgin chief Sir Richard Branson announced his company has signed an agreement potentially worth Â£14 million to secure the world&#39;s first commercial flights to space.
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Australian budget airline Virgin Blue announced Monday it will increase the fuel surcharge it adds to ticket prices from Aug. 26 because of soaring oil prices.
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The global aviation industry must work together to tackle climate change, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson says.
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Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman   Richard Branson on Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion   over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline   and rail businesses, to combating global warming.
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Britain's first biodiesel train is being launched as part of an attempt to make rail travel greener.
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Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, announced on Monday that he would offer travelers the chance to go to the edge of space beginning in 2007, for $190,000 a ticket.
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Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson on Saturday announced a programme aimed at saving elephants in Kenya, as he boarded his airline&#39;s first flight to the east African nation.
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LONDON, Sept. 21 -- Iconoclastic British billionaire Richard Branson pledged Thursday to invest all profit from his Virgin Group airline and train businesses over the next decade -- an estimated $3 billion -- to fight global warming and promote alternative energy.
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Virgin Airlines has outclassed its counterparts once again by announcing that, by 2006, passengers will be able to travel to space aboard the Virgin Galactic spaceship.
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The aerospace company looks for commercial aviation turnaround to fuel growth.