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Richard Branson Hints at Starting New U.S. Airline
With Alaska dropping the Virgin America brand in 2019 and following disputes regarding royalty paymeents to use the Virgin brand, Richard Branson hints at a possibility of starting up a new Virgin-branded airline in the U.S. (www.bloomberg.com) Plus d'info...
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Good for him. Need more entreprenures like him. Doesn't hurt that he's a billionaire. I'll fly with him anytime.
his use of classy operations would be singular in its category, given the competiton's view of cattle car service with medieval flight attendants and slovenly check in personel. Hurry up Sir Richard and get to it.
I agree with Matt jensen
The positive inventors of history failed more than they succeeded, and yet changed the world.
Due to foreign ownership restrictions, Sir Branson could not have a controlling interest in Virgin America and could do nothing to avoid the sale. Will the new administration modify those restrictions?
If he runs it like his cell phone company we'll wish for the 'good ole days' of ValueJet
