Company Watch - Virgin Group.Oct 9, 2006 Virgin Atlantic is to provide passengers with live text news throughout their flight. The airline already has one of the best in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass. systems, available to all passengers. The service will give travelers up to date news stories, as they happen, straight to their seat back TV. Sky News, will be the provider of the news content, which will include breaking news, business news, sports news and match results, celebrity gossip and weather information. Our image is from the Upper Class cabin. Virgin also says that with the new and most impressive Clubhouse at Heathrow T3 working extremely smoothly it is prepared to discuss with other airlines a guest arrangement "at a price" as a senior executive put it. Easily the largest executive lounge at the airport, and approached via a marble staircase, it features a bar, deli and brasserie bras·se·rie n. A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. [French, from brasser, to malt, brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin , the Cowshed spa, and an office area. Children are catered for too in their own section. http://www.flyvirgin.com Oct 2, 2006 Virgin Trains has achieved a new train speed record on the 401-mile route from Glasgow - London with a nonstop journey time of three hours and 55 minutes - an impressive average speed of 102.5 mph - beating the previous verified southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. speed record of four hours and 14 minutes set by British Rail's Advanced Passenger Train The Advanced Passenger Train (APT) was an experimental tilting High Speed Train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s, which did not enter regular service. in the 1980s. Current fastest scheduled time In rallying, the Scheduled Time of any crew is the time, calculated at the beginning of the event, that they should arrive at any given control. It is different from Due Time in that Due Time is dynamic, ie it can change throughout the event as competitors drop time; whereas is around 4.5 hours southbound which compares with a city center time of something under four hours by plane, depending on security holdups. http://www.virgintrains.co.uk Oct 2, 2006 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 2, 2006 |
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