Richard Branson has warm words for Seattle, cold criticism for Alaska Air British billionaire Richard Branson kicked off Virgin Atlantic’s nonstop service from London to Seattle today with a rhetorical kiss for the Emerald… Read More
‘The Day the Music Died’? Billionaire Richard Branson mourns Virgin America The Virgin Group’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, says “many tears” are being shed over Alaska Airlines’ decision to retire the… Read More
Why Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brand – and boosting perks It all comes down to cost and consistency of branding: That’s why Alaska Airlines announced today that it would retire the… Read More
Alaska Airlines breaks ties with Delta after hooking up with Virgin America Breaking up with old flames is part of getting married, and that’s what Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines are doing… Read More
Alaska Air makes its takeover of Virgin America official with a blue-red Boeing jet Alaska Air Group completed its acquisition of Virgin America today, celebrating the rise of the nation’s No. 5 air carrier… Read More
U.S. Justice Department OKs $2.6 billion Alaska Air-Virgin America merger The U.S. Department of Justice approved Alaska Air’s proposed merger of Virgin America, marking the final regulatory step for a… Read More
Alaska Air confirms purchase of Virgin America for $2.6 billion after ‘hard-fought competition’ Alaska Air Group confirmed reaching a $2.6 billion deal to buy Virgin America after a bidding war with JetBlue Airways. “This… Read More
Alaska Air Group reportedly closes in on $2 billion purchase of Virgin America Seattle-based Alaska Air Group is close to a $2 billion deal to purchase Virgin America, beating out a rival… Read More
What’s realer than real? April Fool’s hits include Google’s Cardboard Plastic VR, T-Mobile’s Binge On Up, much more Be mindful of what you click on today in search of too-good-to-be-true deals or out-of-this-world technology news. While not everyone is… Read More
Virgin America partners with Netflix to bring superfast WiFi to the sky Here’s one more reason to fly Virgin America — starting today, it’s testing out superfast WiFi on a few of… Read More
Flying soon? Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight declares Virgin the ‘Michael Jordan’ of airlines It seems that the flying experience is increasingly spiraling into its own version of Dante’s nine layers of hell. If you… Read More
