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	Virgin Express Narrows Losses
		Virgin Express said on Friday it cut its operating loss by 75 percent to EUR3.9 million (USD$5.05 million) last year despite lower revenues, as it kept costs under control, partly by reducing its fleet.
		Virgin Express is in talks with full-fare peer SN Brussels Airlines to join forces to cut costs and strengthen their position in the face of fierce competition.
		Virgin Express said it had reduced the number of rotations on loss-making routes, closed its Bordeaux route, and cut its fleet to 11 from 13 planes.
	news.airwise.com /story/view/1111745395.html (386 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Virgin Express Posts Sharp Profit Drop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Virgin Express shares were down 2.67 percent at 1.46 euros.
		Virgin Express said it was able to reduce its cost per available seat per kilometer by 19 percent to 5.07 euro cents, adding that yields, or income per passenger, were beginning to improve in the third quarter.
		Virgin Express raised 35 million euros earlier this year to pay off a loan owed to Virgin Group, becoming virtually debt free.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2003/09/03/virgin_express_posts_sharp_profit_drop (347 words)

	Virgin Express Q1 Loss Narrows
		Virgin Express, based in Brussels and controlled by Branson's Virgin Group, also said it was preparing to file a case with Belgian competition regulators against Italian carrier Alitalia, citing "predatory pricing".
		Virgin Express Managing Director Neil Burrows said in an interview earlier this month the airline was on track to become profitable in the second quarter, although a lot would depend on its performance in June, usually a more difficult month.
		Virgin also said it was still holding talks with the owners of SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA), which is also based in Brussels, to combine their businesses in a joint holding company.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2004/06/1088168814.html (490 words)

	Print Article: Virgin Express a price war casualty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He said Virgin Express was happy to compete against any airline in open competition but Ryanair's pricing policy "does not look normal or right".
		Virgin Express's pre-tax profits for the three months to September dropped from £4.6 million ($10.83 million) to £1.7 million.
		Virgin is in talks about merging the business with SN Brussels Airlines - the slimmed-down carrier which emerged from Belgium's bankrupt national airline Sabena.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/25/1069522608861.html (321 words)

	Virgin Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Virgin Express is to receive a £23m equity injection from Virgin Group to fund the expansion of its low-cost airline.
		Virgin Express is to set up a base at Cologne-Bonn airport in Germany, offering low-cost flights to about eight destinations by next summer.
		Virgin Express is planning to sell off its Irish subsidiary and close five routes, as part of an ongoing strategic review to reduce losses.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /vis45105.htm (99 words)

	IndiaDaily - Virgin Express narrows operating loss in 2004
		Virgin Express, controlled by British business leader Richard Branson's Virgin empire, said it was ahead of schedule in meeting conditions to join forces with SN Brussels Airlines.
		Virgin Express had an operating loss of 3.9 million euros in 2004 against a loss of 16 million euros a year earlier.
		Virgin Express said it reduced the number of rotations on loss-making routes, closed its Bordeaux route, and reduced its fleet to 11 from 13.
	www.indiadaily.com /breaking_news/29353.asp (384 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		De normale afstand tussen twee zetelrijen aan boord van de Boeings 737 van Virgin Express is vergelijkbaar met die van de meeste luchtvaartmaatschappijen op Europese lijnen.
		Paul Sies, commercieel directeur van Virgin Express, verklaarde: "Deze nieuwigheid is een unieke ontwikkeling waarop we zeer trots zijn en die volledig in lijn ligt met onze algemene e-commercestrategie.
		Virgin Express is het belangrijkste e-commercebedrijf in de Benelux.
	www.companynewsgroup.com /imprimer.asp?co_id=91231 (373 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Virgin - Virgin Express results take off
		VIRGIN Express, the budget airline which is part of Sir Richard Branson’s empire, has reported a doubling of third-quarter net profit to £2.35 million.
		Under the terms of the deal, Virgin Express and SN Brussels will place their operations in a joint holding company, 29.9 per cent owned by Virgin Express Holdings, which is itself 88.6-per cent controlled by Sir Richard’s Virgin Sky Investments Limited.
		Virgin has also announced it plans to buy out the minority shareholders of Virgin Express Holdings Plc at 69 pence per share.
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=86&id=1397302004 (490 words)

	ABC News: Brussels Air Completes Virgin Express Buy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Low-cost airline Virgin Express and SN will join under a holding company called SN Air but retain separate corporate identities and strategies for the time being.
		SN has 2,100 personnel and Virgin Express 700 and there are no plans to downsize either because of the merger, he said.
		Virgin Express had operating losses of euro3.9 million ($5.06 million) and flew 440,000 passengers.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=662700 (309 words)

	Virgin Express Airlines Information InsideAirports.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Virgin Blue is a the Virgin branch of low cost air service in Australia.
		Virgin Express is a branch of the Virgin International group of companies, which include Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue, and Virgin Megastores.
		Virgin Express was born in 1996 with low fares and an image similar to other Virgin companies.
	www.insideairports.com /airlines/europe/virginexpress.asp (228 words)

	Encyclopedia: Virgin Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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		The Virgin Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005): 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Virgin-Express (650 words)

	Passenger Opinions about Virgin Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Although the delay was not Virgin Express' fault, the passengers who stayed at the airport were offered refreshments in a reception area of Lisbon Airport.
		Of course I don't earn miles on Virgin Express, but since I can't accrue miles on SN Brussels Airlines' cheap fares (that are in any case higher than on Virgin), I choose for the "red planes".
		Their only drawback is that Virgin Express have to stop at their Brussels base before any connections can be made and results sometimes to additional flight time and hassles, a disadvantage for Virgin Express because this can result to more costly overall flights to a particular destination.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/vir_expr.htm (1970 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Virgin Express est également en mesure d'offrir à ses passagers la possibilité de réserver un siège " standard " spécifique pour seulement E2,50 par siège, ce qui est une très bonne nouvelle pour les familles ou des amis voyageant ensemble.
		L'année dernière, Virgin Express a augmenté de 7,5 cm l'espace entre les sièges pour les rangées de 2 à 7, ce qui est comparable à l'espace entre deux rangées de sièges de la classe affaires de ces mêmes compagnies traditionnelles.
		En choisissant Virgin Express, le consommateur a la possibilité de choisir le type de service qu'il désire pour un prix abordable et facilement identifiable.
	www.companynewsgroup.com /imprimer.asp?co_id=91229 (482 words)

	Virgin Express Resumes Talks for SN Brussels
		The Virgin Group is in talks with an investment bank about a merger between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines 18 months after a planned tie-up between the two Belgian carriers failed.
		Earlier this month, Virgin Express reported a 96 percent drop in second-quarter profit to 117,000 euros ($132,000) because of fare cuts meant to lure customers who had been deterred from flying by the weakness of the economy and the threat of terrorism.
		Virgin Express said various intermediaries had proposed a renewed effort to merge with SN Brussels Airlines since the earlier bid failed in February 2002.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/09/15/business/worldbusiness/15AIR.html?ei=5007&en=935993a7c5eb1649&ex=1378958400&adxnnl=1&partner=USERLAND&adxnnlx=1109480972-smf6V7/l5MLKSFlLsrzx3Q (334 words)

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	www.virgin.com /eu/travel (323 words)

	GN Online: Virgin Express says first-half loss narrows
		No-frills airline Virgin Express said its first-half pre-tax loss narrowed to 1.7 million euros ($1.49 million) from 20.2 million euros in the year-ago period, helped by a profit in the second quarter.
		Virgin Express began restructuring its business last year by halving the size of its fleet, abandoning loss making routes, closing its Irish operations and stopping an unprofitable charter operation.
		Virgin Express said pre-tax profit in the second quarter was 2.1 million euros compared to a pre-tax loss of 6.4 million euros in the same period last year on a 29 percent drop in sales to 56.7 million euros.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=23819 (267 words)

	Virgin Express feels the heat - www.theage.com.au
		Virgin Express's pretax profit for the three months to September fell from £4.6 million ($A10.9 million) to £1.7 million.
		The airline, of which Virgin owns 89 per cent, said it was being squeezed by low-cost rivals and a price war on routes to southern Europe with Alitalia, Olympic and Iberia.
		Virgin is in talks about merging with SN Brussels Airlines - the slimmed-down carrier that emerged from Belgium's bankrupt national airline, Sabena.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/11/25/1069522601411.html (317 words)

	Luchtzak Aviation - Next march Virgin Express will start flights out of Schiphol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Bovendien zal het Australische zusterbedrijf Virgin Blue binnenkort een mega-order van 30 à 40 Boeing 737-700/800 plaatsen en het is niet uitgesloten dat enkele van die Boeings ook terecht komen bij Virgin Express indien hiermee een kostenbesparing kan gerealiseerd worden.
		Virgin Express will fly daily to Rome out of Schiphol Airport as from the 30th of march.
		Australian Virgin Blue has made a million dollar mega-deal of around 30 to 40 Boeing 737-700/800's and it could be possible that some of those Boeing will be placed at Virgin Express, could be cost-saving.
	www.luchtzak.be /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=125 (222 words)

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	www.lunaland.co.za /airlines/virgin_express_airline.html (791 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Belgian suitor for Virgin Express
		Virgin Express, the Brussels-based budget airline owned by tycoon Richard Branson, has drawn up terms for a potential merger with SN Brussels.
		Virgin Express and SN Brussels have jilted each other in the past, calling off a merger proposal in 2002.
		No-frills carrier Virgin Express and full-service airline SN Brussels decided that marriage would not suit their divergent business models.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/business/3515964.stm (317 words)

	SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express deal takes effect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Virgin Express is now wholly owned by SN Airholding, the parent company of SN Brussels Airlines (92 per cent).
		Virgin Express was previously owned by Virgin Group Investments (89 per cent) and public shareholders (11 per cent).
		Virgin Express operates as a low-cost carrier from Brussels to destinations in Europe and will add flights to Catania, Murcia and Toulon in 2005.
	www.janes.com /transport/news_briefs/jwa/article/jwa050413_01.shtml (268 words)

	Las aerolíneas SN Brussels y Virgin Express anuncian su fusión - elmundo.es economía
		Virgin seguirá enfocando su estrategia hacia los vuelos baratos en las rutas europeas, mientras que SN operará en estas mismas rutas con servicios más completos, así como en las conexiones entre Bruselas y el continente africano y en los vuelos transatlánticos con Estados Unidos.
		Virgin Express tendrá derecho a continuar utilizando su marca durante dos años y podrá nombrar dos representantes como miembros del consejo de administración de SN Airholding mientras conserve al menos el 20% de las acciones.
		SN Brussels Airlines trasportó a 3,2 millones de pasajeros en 2003 y Virgin Express a 2,7 millones.
	elmundodinero.elmundo.es /mundodinero/2004/10/06/Noti20041006085708.html (550 words)

	CNN.com - Belgium airlines end merger talks - Feb. 28, 2002
		Both SN and Virgin Express use Brussels as their European hub and already have a code-sharing agreement.
		Virgin Express spokesman Paul Sies told CNN said the carrier would now look to expand its Brussels hub and its services in Europe.
		Virgin Express on Thursday also reiterated its forecast of a break-even operating profit in 2001 and a profit in the second quarter of 2002 "following the normal first quarter's seasonal loss."
	edition.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/02/28/sn (424 words)

	Press release : VIRGIN EXPRESS CompanynewsGroup
		Virgin Express used to fly to Berlin-Schönefeld in 1999 and 2000.
		Neil Burrows, Director of Virgin Express, justifies today's decision as follows: "We continued to keep an eye on Berlin-Schönefeld because we acknowledge the importance of this route linking the German capital with the capital of the European Union.
		At present, Virgin Express offers flights from Brussels Airport to Athens, Barcelona, Catania, Faro, Geneva, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Milan-Orio al Serio, Murcia (Alicante South), Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Rome, Toulon-St. Tropez and Valencia.
	www.companynewsgroup.com /communique.asp?co_id=103237 (292 words)

	virgin express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	www.airschefferville.com /virgin-express.html (483 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Profits dive at Virgin Express
		He said Virgin Express was happy to compete against any airline in open competition but the pricing policy operated by Ryanair "does not look normal or right".
		The airline, 89% owned by Virgin, said it was being squeezed by low-cost rivals and by a price war on routes to southern Europe with the likes of Alitalia, Olympic and Iberia.
		Virgin Express's revenue per passenger kilometre fell by 22%.
	www.guardian.co.uk /airlines/story/0,1371,1092347,00.html (386 words)

	CNN.com - Virgin Express in talks - Dec. 24, 2001
		LONDON (CNN) -- Belgium-based airline Virgin Express has said it is in talks with the successor to collapsed national carrier Sabena on a possible cooperation agreement, The Associated Press reported.
		While Virgin Express spokesman Yves Panneels said talks with Delta Air Transport (DAT) had reopened, he denied British newspaper reports that a merger was imminent.
		Branson's Virgin group took over Brussels-based EuroBelgian Airlines in 1996, renamed it Virgin Express and transformed its mainly charter business into a no-frills scheduled airline operating on a limited number of European routes out of its Brussels hub.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/12/24/virgin (246 words)

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