BREAKING: Virgin Atlantic becomes billionaire Richard Branson’s second airline to file for bankruptcy as industry continues to be ravaged by the pandemic Virgin Atlantic filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York on Tuesday The company earlier Tuesday told a London court it will be forced to fold if a rescue deal isn’t reached by … Read more
BREAKING: Virgin Atlantic becomes billionaire Richard Branson’s second airline to file for bankruptcy as industry continues to be ravaged by the pandemic Virgin Atlantic filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York on Tuesday This comes after Virgin Australia filed for voluntary administration in April The airline industry has been rocked by the pandemic By … Read more
Virgin Atlantic resumes flights from Heathrow to Hong Kong, New York and LA but warns passengers ‘it’s essential travel only’ Virgin Atlantic will fly to Hong Kong tonight, with New York and LA tomorrow The airline giant expects to run three round trips to the cities each week Flights will leave from Terminal 2 until … Read more
Branson stumps up £200m to secure a £1.2billion rescue package for Virgin Atlantic By Tom Payne For The Daily Mail Published: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 14 July 2020 Virgin Atlantic has secured a £1.2billion rescue package in a boost for Britain’s beleaguered aviation industry. The airline was at risk of … Read more
New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a giant orange dust cloud, nicknamed ‘Godzilla’, making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Over a period of less than a month, the impressive plume reached the Caribbean, South America and the US from its initial spot in the Sahara Desert. The ESA has provided … Read more
Sir Richard Branson to stump up £200m as part of a £1bn plan to prop up Virgin Atlantic without taxpayers’ money By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 12 July 2020 Sir Richard Branson will stump up £200m as part of a £1billion plan to … Read more
Strange ‘cold blob’ in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that is getting cooler as the rest of the world heats up is caused by shifting ocean currents and low-level clouds, study shows The so-called ‘warming hole’ in the North Atlantic was first spotted back in 2015 Past research connected the hole to a weakening … Read more
Branson to put £200m into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure £1bn rescue deal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 Sir Richard Branson is set to pump £200million of emergency cash immediately into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure … Read more
An enormous plume of dust from the Sahara Desert has reached the Caribbean Sea on Sunday after traveling more than 3,000 miles as it edges closer to the American South. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration first announced the Saharan Air Layer, or SAL, on June 7 as it appeared in satellite images over Africa. The colossal … Read more
New satellite imagery reveals a giant sand cloud from the Sahara being blown across the Atlantic and could reach as far as Texas Satellite imagery shows a giant cloud of dust from the Sahara heading to the US The cloud could reach Florida, Louisiana, and Texas within a matter of days Dust clouds form 5,000 … Read more