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Virgin Express
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| Virgin Express | ||
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| IATA SN |
ICAO VEX |
Callsign Virgin Express |
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Hubs | Brussels Airport | |
| Fleet size | 10 | |
| Destinations | 24 | |
| Parent company | SN Airholding | |
| Headquarters | Zaventem (Brussels), Belgium | |
| Key people | Neil Burrows (CEO); Etienne Davignon, chairman | |
| Website: http://www.brusselsairlines.com/ | ||
Virgin Express was an airline which was created within the Virgin Group. It operated flights mainly to southern Europe from its hub at Brussels Airport. Ticket sales are mainly through the Internet. The airline has merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines which started operations on 25 March 2007 [1]
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Virgin Express started on 23 April 1996, when the Virgin Group (with chairman Richard Branson) bought the Belgian leisure airline EBA (EuroBelgian Airlines) and rebranded it into Virgin Express.[2] It also took over EBA's fleet of Boeing 737's and has operated this type of aircraft ever since. The airline soon concentrated on low-budget scheduled flights out of its Brussels hub and became a major competitor for Sabena and later SN Brussels Airlines. In October 2004, the Virgin Group sold its assets to SN Brussels Airlines and both airlines were integrated into the parent holding company SN Airholding. On 31 March 2006, SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express announced their fusion into a single company, named Brussels Airlines. The combined airline added long haul destinations and strengthened its position in Africa. SN Airholding won the bid to take over the virtually bankrupt Cameroon national airline, Cameroon Airlines.[citation needed]
The Virgin Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) [3]:
Three Boeing 737-300 (OO-VEX, OO-VEG and OO-VEH) were fitted with winglets (March 2007). All the aircraft of Virgin Express have been painted in Brussels Airlines colours.
- Virgin Express web page at archive.org
- Fleet in 2005 November
- Virgin Express Fleet in 2005 April
- virginbrand.com Unofficial blog of the Virgin Group
- Photos of Virgin Express aircraft
- ^ Airliner World January 2007
- ^ Company profile virgin-express.com
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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