What is Virgin Atlantic Airways?
[[Image:Virgin atlantic b747-400 g-vbig arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400]] [[File:Virgin Atlantic logo.svg|right|250px]] '''Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.''' (known as '''Virgin Atlantic''') is an airline that is based in the [[United Kingdom]]. Virgin Atlantic is owned by 2 companies, [[Virgin Group]] and [[Delta Air Lines]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.delta.com/49-percent-stake-virgin-atlantic-acquired|title=49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic acquired|website=Delta News Hub}}</ref> Virgin Atlantic goes from its main [[Airline hub|hubs]] at [[London Heathrow Airport]] and [[London Gatwick Airport]] to many places like the [[USA]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Africa]], the [[Middle East]], [[Asia]] and [[Australia]]. More than 75% of Virgin Atlantic's flights go/come to [[London Heathrow Airport]]. The rest mostly fly from [[Manchester Airport]]. Virgin flies to 31 cities. These are either in Africa, Asia, Europe, the United States or the Caribbean. It was founded by British businessman Sir [[Richard Branson]] in the 1980s. Now, it is 51% owned by [[Delta Air Lines]]. However, the [[Virgin Group]] still have a 49% stake in the airline. ==Partners== Virgin Atlantic has partners. Here is a list of them: * [[Air China]] * [[Air New Zealand]] * [[All Nippon Airways]] * [[Delta Air Lines]] * [[Jet Airways]] * [[Singapore Airlines]] ==Planes== [[File:Virgin Atlantic G-VIRG by Steve Fitzgerald.jpg|thumb|right|Virgin had Boeing 747s like this in the 1980s]] Virgin Atlantic owns 10 [[Airbus A330]] planes, 4 Airbus [[Airbus A320neo family|A330neo]] planes, 17 [[Boeing 787]] planes and 11 [[Airbus A350 XWB|Airbus A350]] planes. It used to have an order for 6 [[Airbus A380]] planes but were later cancelled because of repeated cancellations. Virgin Atlantic used to have some other aircraft too. It used to own 6 [[Airbus A320|Airbus A320s]], 3 [[Airbus A320|Airbus A321s]], 1 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100]], 22 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200s]], 4 [[Airbus A330-200]]<nowiki/>s, 30 [[Airbus A340]]<n