Virgin Express
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Virgin Express (IATA: TV, ICAO: VEX, and Callsign: Virgin Express) is an airline which was created within the Virgin Group. It operates mainly flights to southern Europe from their hub at Brussels Zaventem (Brussels National). Ticket sales are mainly through the Internet, but contrary to many other low-fares airlines, Virgin Express does offer connecting flights.
History
On 31 March 2006, SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express announced their fusion into a single company. The name of this future airline has been decided but has not yet been made public. The airline plans to become the main airline operating from Brussels International Airport, with a marketshare of 55% at Brussels. The combined airline will add long haul destinations and strengthen the position of the airline in Africa. SN Airholding won the bid to take over the virtually bankrupt Cameroon national airline, Cameroon Airlines.New Routes
- It will be operating 38 additional weekly flights from Brussels to various destinations for the months of July & August 2006. The destinations that are getting additional flights are :
- Athens = 17 flights a week
- Barcelona = 23 flights a week
- Bari / Catania= 4 flights a week
- Faro = 7 flights a week
- Malaga = 25 flights a week
- Naples = 5 flights a week
- Nice = 26 flights a week
Fleet
The Virgin Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (April 2006):One 737-300 (OO-VEX) was fitted with winglets at the end of 2005.
External links
- [Virgin Express]
- [Virgin Express Fleet Detail]
- [Virgin Express Passenger Opinions]
- [virginbrand.com] Unofficial blog of the Virgin Group
- [Photos of Virgin Express aircraft]
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