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Virgin Atlantic Airways

uk independent, small size, GB.

Ownership

private

Starting fleet

2 x Boeing 747-100

Bases

LGW

Starting routes

LGW-EWR

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: 1984 in aviation page (exact): Virgin Atlantic began flying between London and Newark on 22 June 1984 with one leased 747 (a 747-100 in the pack: Gatwick's runway in the data, 2,565 m, is too short for the 747-200 whose take-off run is 3,300 m). The fare and finance are estimates.