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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the low-fare airline with stylish service and fun amenities for kids and parents alike, today celebrates its new nonstop service to Orlando International Airport (MCO) from both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The airline toasts its expansion to the newest city in its growing network, with a festive Orlando gate celebration to welcome guests on one of its first flights. Upon...
Exclusive Documentary Coverage of Historic Milestones on Path to Space Tourism WASHINGTON and MOJAVE, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- History was made Sunday, October 10, on the path to the launch of the first commercial spaceliner with news of the first successful glide involving the mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo, and smaller spaceship, the VSS Enterprise, which safely separated at an altitude of 40,000 feet before returning to earth. The process of reaching this milestone has...
Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne satellite launching rocket has suffered a setback. The future of LauncherOne, which had once attracted 110 million dollars in investment from Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investment, is now in doubt after its manager departed the program. LauncherOne was to be air-lifted and launched from Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo aircraft. The rocket would take satellites weighing up to 440 pounds into low-Earth orbit for 1 to 2 million dollars. Aabar Investment offered Virgin...
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired by the viral success of TEDTalks and expanding on the conference's mission of Ideas Worth Spreading, TED today announces its Ads Worth Spreading Challenge, a contest that serves as an open invitation to the global advertising community to reinvent, inspire and engage audiences with a new definition of what advertising can mean in the digital age, using TED.com as its platform. "We want to encourage development of ads-with-a-difference," says...
Speaking before a business conference in Kuala Lumpur, entrepreneur Richard Branson confirmed that his Virgin Galactic company will be ready to begin commercial space flights within the next 18 months, French news agency AFP reported on Monday."We just finished building SpaceShipTwo. We are 18 months away from taking people into space," the British billionaire told those attending the conference. According to the AFP, he also noted that the cost of the service would begin at...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America today reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2010. The airline reported record-setting performance for the quarter with revenues of $184 million - a 36 percent jump in revenue versus the second quarter of 2009. Unit revenue (RASM) increased by 23 percent year-over-year. As the airline continued to expand significantly, it broke even on an operating basis for the quarter - an improvement of 92 percent year-over-year....
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America today announced that it has been named the Official Airline of the 35(th) annual Toronto International Film Festival®, which takes place from September 9-19, 2010. This year's festival features over 300 films from across the globe and will also celebrate the opening of TIFF Bell Lightbox, a highly anticipated theatre and event space which will enable TIFF to provide programming year-round. In addition to being the airline of choice...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Vokle, the leading next generation interactive Web platform for broadcasting to a virtual auditorium of Who: viewers via live online video. Announces its participation in a worldwide fundraising event, Live4Pakistan.TV, a "spontaneous get together" led by renowned musician Imogen Heap and Sir Richard Branson raising funds to...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the award-winning California-based airline that is reinventing air travel, today announced it is teaming up with V Australia and Black Star Beer for the third annual Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) party at Andaz West Hollywood. The SSMF is a three-day music festival running from August 26-August 28, 2010, that will showcase a number of the Strip's most renowned clubs and legendary performers along with the hottest up-and-coming...
LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing travel, today announce a unique partnership to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. As SU2C's Official Domestic Airline partner, Virgin America (with Virgin Unite) has pledged to support SU2C's mission through a multi-year in-kind travel partnership, Company fundraising and other joint efforts to drive awareness and funding for...
