Company Watch - Virgin Group.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jun 26, 2006 Virgin Atlantic of pretax pre·tax adj. Existing before tax deductions: pretax income. pretax adj [profit] → vor (Abzug der) Steuern , pre-exceptional profits more than doubled to US$80 / [pounds sterling]41.6m. The airline, 49% owned by Singapore International Airlines, says that the launch of the new Upper Class Suite helped to attract more premium-paying passengers, with a 10.1% increase in business travelers compared with the year before. In 2007 the airline will begin to fly to Mauritius. And if you are a passenger on Virgin in the immediate future you will see happy staff faces too. They are to receive a bonus equivalent to two weeks extra pay. http://www.virgin-atlantic.com Jun 24, 2006 Virgin Atlantic Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. said it is assisting the UK Office of Fair Trading The Office of Fair Trading or OFT is a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's economic regulator. and the US Dept. of Justice in the inquiry but declined to say whether it also is a target. United Airlines said it is cooperating with the probe but added it has been told by authorities it is not under investigation. American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the said it received a federal subpoena subpoena (səpē`nə) [Lat.,=under penalty], in law, an order to a witness to appear before a court. A subpoena ad testificandum [Lat. related to the probe on June 20 but has "not been informed" that it is being investigated. No other airline confirmed involvement. BA, Virgin, United and American are the four carriers with authority to operate London Heathrow-US flights. Jun 23, 2006 Virgin Express will add 38 flights per week, or 50,000 seats, in July and August, increasing frequencies to Athens to 17 weekly, Barcelona to 23, Bari to four, Catania to four, Faro Faro, town, Portugal Faro (fä`rō), town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are to seven, Malaga to 25, Naples to five and Nice to 26. Palermo will welcome four weekly services from Brussels. Jun 21, 2006 |
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