Company Watch - Virgin Group.Jan 8, 2007 Virgin America Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline that began service on 8 August 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards". insisted it remains "committed to getting our wings" despite a sharp rebuke last week from the US Dept. of Transportation, which tentatively ten·ta·tive adj. 1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans. 2. Uncertain; hesitant. denied the proposed startup's application for an operating certificate Operating certificate is a category of license issued by a government agency allowing an individual or company to provide a controlled type of service. These certificates are generally issued for a limited time period. on grounds that it is not clearly 75% owned and controlled by US citizens. Jan 3, 2007 Virgin America, which plans to operate a fleet of 34 A320 family aircraft and currently has two A319s and seven A320s in storage, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CASE, said it will use the DOT decision as a "roadmap to address the issues raised and to demonstrate to the DOT that Virgin America will meet all ownership and control requirements." It said it will respond formally to the decision by a Jan. 10 deadline. Jan 3, 2007 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 Jan 1, 2007 |
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