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Civilian aviation news August 9, 2026

Accidental Foam Suppression Activation Submerges Virgin Atlantic Aircraft at London Heathrow Hangar

Aviation News – An automated fire suppression system inside Virgin Atlantic’s engineering hangar at London Heathrow Airport unexpectedly activated during a routine night shift, submerging…

Urban Transportation July 23, 2026

Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic Formalize Deal to Launch Electric Air Taxis in UK

Aviation News – Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic Sign Definitive Agreement for UK Electric Air Taxi Operations Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic have signed a…

Civilian aviation news July 23, 2024

Virgin Atlantic orders seven additional A330neo aircraft to complete fleet transformation

Virgin Atlantic has placed a firm order for seven A330neo aircraft as part of its wider fleet transformation. The agreement takes Virgin Atlantic’s commitment for…

Civilian aviation news July 23, 2024

Virgin Atlantic orders seven additional A330neo aircraft to complete fleet transformation

Farnborough, United Kingdom, 23 July 2024 – Virgin Atlantic has placed a firm order for seven A330neo aircraft as part of its wider fleet transformation….

Civilian aviation news October 17, 2022

Virgin Atlantic takes delivery of its first A330neo

Toulouse, 17 October 2022 – Virgin Atlantic has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330neo aircraft leased from Air Lease Corporation (ALC) (NYSE: AL). The…

Civilian aviation news July 27, 2022

Major Airports Europe part 1: London Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport is 14 mi (23 km) west of central London. Heathrow has two parallel east–west runways along with four operational passenger terminals, and one cargo…

Space News July 7, 2022

Boeing’s Aurora to build Virgin Galactic spaceship carrier plane

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – Virgin Galactic inked an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build the company’s new twin-fuselage carrier plane that…

Civilian aviation news July 11, 2016

Virgin Atlantic selects the A350 XWB as its future flagship

12 A350-1000s to become a key part of both leisure and mainline fleets UK based Virgin Atlantic Airways has selected the A350-1000, the largest member…