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	Virgin Nigeria Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Virgin Nigeria Airways currently operates from the international terminal of Murtala Mohammed International Airport to the following destinations: within Nigeria to Abuja, Calabar, Kano, Port Harcourt and Sokoto, regionally to Accra, Dakar and Douala, and long-haul flights to Johannesburg and London (Gatwick).
		On 22 December 2005 Virgin Nigeria made a new filing to the United States Department of Transportation for a foreign carrier permit, which points out that the degree of Virgin Atlantic ownership in Virgin Nigeria (49%) is not a barrier to granting such a permit.
		Virgin Nigeria plans to add Newark as its first American destination, followed by Washington DC, (to cater for political and NGO traffic), and Houston (catering for oil industry-related traffic).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virgin_Nigeria_Airways (589 words)

	Virgin Nigeria partners NCAT on training, improving quality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virgin Nigeria, the country's fully private sector flag carrier, has stressed its readiness to fully support the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), in raising the quality of aviation professionals in the country.
		Virgin Nigeria will be offering On the Job Training (OJT), as part of the NCAT course and will aim to recruit these mechanics when they graduate.
		Virgin Nigeria, which currently has four aircraft in its fleet, will take delivery of additional six aircraft to increase its fleet size to 10 by the end of 2006.
	www.businessdayonline.com /?c=55&a=4551 (738 words)

	virgin.com \| News and Press Releases \| Archive Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virgin Nigeria will start operations once all necessary approvals and authorisations have been obtained with seats expected to go on sale early in the New Year and the first flights commencing a few weeks later.
		Virgin Nigeria will be owned 51% by Nigerian institutional investors, via a private placement process to be completed before launch.
		Virgin Nigeria will be a desired employer for people across the country, creating thousands of new jobs.
	www.virgin.com /news/default.asp?sy=2003&ey=2004&sm=6&em=10&cid=0&nr=12&p=1&kwd=-&newsId=322&pst=- (732 words)

	virgin.com \| About Virgin \| The Whole Virgin Story \| Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Cargo are born
		Virgin announces the launch of Virgin Galactic, to undertake the challenge of developing space tourism for everybody.
		Virgin Atlantic celebrated the reveal of the A380 and promises that it's superjumbos will not just be bigger but better than other aircraft.
	www.virgin.com /aboutvirgin/allaboutvirgin/thewholestory/default.asp (1234 words)

	africanflyer » Virgin Nigeria
		Virgin Nigeria submitted an application to the US Department of Transportation for a foreign air carrier permit, with initial plans to serve either Newark or New York from Lagos with a 4x per week frequency, to be eventually increased to daily.
		Virgin Nigeria is set to have a fleet of seven B733s and four A340s by November 2006, all on lease.
		Virgin Nigeria is reportedly receiving its first B733 by the end of this year, with the aim of operating seven B733s and four A343s by the end of next year.
	www.africanflyer.com /category/virgin-nigeria (651 words)

	Virgin Nigeria: Branson Promises 'Great Airline' - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		British businessman and Chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways which is the strategic investor/technical partner in the new national flag carrier, Virgin Nigeria, Sir Richard Branson, yesterday arrived the country preparatory to the take off of the airline, promising to deliver what he described as a 'great airline' to Nigerians.
		He said his visit to Nigeria was to meet with the Chairman of the airline's board, Mr Felix Ohiwerei, as well as hold discussions for Virgin Group's investment in mobile phone service provider, V-Mobile.According to him, his group would be making a huge investment in the telecoms firm.
		However, workers and pensioners of liquidated national carrier, Nigeria Airways have vowed that the take off of Virgin Nigeria would not hold until their gratutities, pensions and final benefits are paid.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=1192&z=2 (513 words)

	Virgin Nigeria – aderemi’s notebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic has entered into a partnership to form a National Carrier to be called ‘Virgin Nigeria‘.
		Nigeria Airways, the last national carriage before it disappeared had alot of teething problem including bad debt, bad management and entry refusal to certain parts of the world because of political reasons at that time.
		Nigeria is central to Africa and is desperate need of an airline that it can be identified with in terms of her beautiful culture.
	www.cafe151.co.uk /notebook/2004/09/virgin-nigeria (1137 words)

	Finally, a US Airline will ply the New York - Lagos Route. - Nigerians In America Village Square
		The regulations that the agreement between Virgin and Nigeria Gov. violated is not a new regulation.
		Nigeria sought to "sell" this airline (with all its landing rights as "bait") and NO ONE but South African Airlines bidded, in fact there were between four-five enquiries made but only one bidded...
		Virgin is investing $24.5m in Virgin Nigeria but the routes are valued at $400m (granted I don't know how the number was calculated).
	www.nigeriansinamerica.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1485 (3709 words)

	BBC News Online \| Business \| Virgin takes to Nigeria's skies
		Virgin Atlantic Airways is to launch a new airline in Nigeria next year, the airline's latest international venture.
		Virgin has signed a deal with the Nigerian government to create Virgin Nigeria, to be jointly owned by Virgin Atlantic and Nigerian investors.
		Virgin Nigeria is designed as a replacement for national carrier Nigeria Airways which collapsed last year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_3697000/3697710.stm (430 words)

	Virgin Nigeria: US Moves Against Deal - OnlineNigeria.com
		United States authorities may have thrown spanners into the wheel of the Virgin Atlantic/Nigeria deal under which Virgin Nigeria is to emerge as the national carrier to operate Lagos-New York route and other domestic routes in the country.
		Paul Gretch, said the US would block any plan by Virgin Nigeria to start services to that country from Nigeria, on the grounds that the carrier would be deemed to be under the control of a United Kingdom Airline, Virgin Atlantic.
		Virgin Atlantic said in September that it expected to own 49 per cent of Virgin Nigeria under the deal with the country.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=335&z=2 (1202 words)

	Virgin Nigeria graduates 7 pilots, 58 cabin crew
		Nigeria’s flag carrier, Virgin Nigeria Airways yesterday performed the wing ceremony for seven pilots and 58 Cabin crew in Lagos, to shore up its number of employees.
		Felix Ohiwerei, chairman of Virgin Nigeria disclosed during the ceremony, held at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja.
		According to him, "a good number of Virgin Nigeria employees will be trained at NCAT and in no time a new generation of pilots, engineers and mechanics will be raised to take over from the experienced but ageing hands and bridge the generational gap in the industry".
	www.businessdayonline.com /?c=44&a=5154 (290 words)

	Virgin Nigeria Airways Passenger Opinions about Virgin Nigeria Airways standards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		No thanks to Virgin Nigeria, the airline that is proud not to serve.
		Virgin Nigeria is a disgrace to the Virgin name.
		Virgin Nigeria was not available to give me a boarding pass at the transit desk.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/virg-nigeria.htm (1257 words)

	Nigeria.com Discussion Forums - Virgin Atlantic May Begin Domestic Flights
		THISDAY sources disclosed that the registration of Virgin Nigeria and the plan to use Nationwide Airlines of South Africa is aimed at using it to feel the reaction of airline operators in Nigeria.
		Virgin is said to have been instrumental to the collapse of Ansset, the Australian carrier when the former went into domestic flights in Australia and introduced lower fares thereby capturing the entire market.
		Virgin atlantic should be allowed to operate to and fro Nigeria, but their accident records and flight histories should be checked and monitored.
	www.nigeria.com /dcforum/DCForumID1/1116.html (716 words)

	Branson rides to rescue of Nigerian airline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It formally established Virgin Atlantic Ltd. as a technical partner in the nation's new flagship carrier, holding 49 percent of the shares.
		Former workers from Nigeria Airways, through their union, are threatening to prevent Virgin Nigeria from leaving the runway unless the government pays them their pensions and two years of salary in arrears.
		Virgin is not the only foreign airline to be financially involved with an African national carrier.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/26/BUGHDA11DG1.DTL (973 words)

	Virgin Nigeria launches flights between Lagos and Dubai \| Virgin Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virgin Nigeria, the fully private sector airline of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, today launched thrice weekly services between Lagos and Dubai.
		All Virgin Nigeria flights between Lagos and Dubai will be operated by Virgin Nigeria's modern A340-300 aircraft with a configuration of 40 Business Class, 28 Premium Economy and 187 Economy class.
		Virgin Nigeria is the registered, fully private sector flag carrier of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, owned 51% by Nigerian Institutional shareholders and 49% by Virgin Atlantic.
	www.ameinfo.com /87827.html (678 words)

	Vanguard - Business : Will Virgin Nigeria ever fly?
		Added to the welter of confusion that is now the hallmark of Virgin Nigeria, is the opposition of workers and pensioners of liquidated Nigeria Airways who are insisting Virgin Nigeria will not fly until all their entitlements and other severance benefits were settled.
		Nigeria Airways workers have also reached out to other external bodies as the London-based International Federation of Transport Workers asking it to prevail on Sir Branson to prevail on the Federal Government to pay off the workers, so they don’t stand in the way of the new carrier.
		Nigeria Airways, whose position the new carrier has occupied, is said to be indebted to several creditors, including Iceland-based Air Atlanta to which Nigeria Airways was indebted to the tune of $10 million and Air Djibouti, amongst others.
	vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/business/may05/31052005/b431052005.html (771 words)

	US To Bar Virgin Nigeria Airlines?
		Nigeria's new national carrier, part-owned by Richard Branson, will not be permitted to operate direct flights into the United States because of Britain's anti-competitive aviation policy, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Friday.
		The new carrier, Virgin Nigeria, which is due to begin operations early next year, has drawn initial investment of USD$50 million, with Nigerian institutions taking 51 percent and Virgin Atlantic the remaining 49 percent.
		A spokesman for Virgin Atlantic said that Virgin Nigeria had not yet formally applied to the US aviation authorities for clearance to schedule flights to the United States but the airline was confident it would get a permit.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2004/12/1103311532.html (400 words)

	Travel Nigeria - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The action did not breach the Virgin Nigeria monopoly on the lucrative route, since the Open Skies Agreement allows unlimited number of carriers from both countries to operate unlimited number of flights into each other’s airspace, the minister said.
		There are indications that Virgin Nigeria Airways (VNA) may protest the designation of some domestic airlines on some of the international routes exclusively reserved for it by the Federal Government to attract investment into the airline.
		Although British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson whose Virgin Atlantic Airways is the core investor with 49 per cent equity in Virgin Nigeria is not known to have formally made any public comment on the Federal Government's stand, it is believed that he may make his position known soon.
	www.travelnigeria.info (1282 words)

	AMERICAN AIRLINES
		Virgin Nigeria filed its application for a foreign air carrier permit with the U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT, on December 22, 2005 seeking authority to provide scheduled passenger and cargo air service between Nigeria and the United States.
		The response of Virgin Nigeria to this response is that "Such a code-share arrangement is not specifically authorized by the bilateral aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
		Continental Airlines also categorically challenged the position that Virgin Nigeria is owned and controlled by Nigerians, claiming that this is not the true picture considering the significant ownership structure and control of Virgin Atlantic a UK airline in the whole deal.
	www.africananews.com /opinion/200602/american_airlines.htm (2043 words)

	Independentng.com homepage - Home of Independent Newspapers Nigeria LimitedVirgin woos local travel agents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virgin Nigeria has announced a reduction in its bank guarantee requirement for tickets by travel agents as well as an increase in commission on all sales over the next six months.
		Virgin Nigeria recently launched its first A340 300 flight to Johannesburg, South Africa with flight service on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Lagos, departing Johannesburg at 09:30hr to arrive Murtala Mohammed International Lagos Airport at 14:00hr on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays while operations from Lagos into London Gatwick.
		Virgin Nigeria is the registered, fully private sector flag carrier of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, owned 49 percent by Virgin Atlantic and 51 percent by Nigerian institutional shareholders.
	www.independentng.com /aviation/avdec160501.htm (491 words)

	Virgin fun club :) for Flight Simulator enthusiasts! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In fact, Virgin Atlantic is the United Kingdom's second largest long-haul airline, covering major cities throughout the World.
		In addition, island holiday destinations such as Vanuatu and Fiji are on the agenda, both of which may well be in operation by the end of 2004.
		As you can see, at Virgin Virtual we have something for everyone, with enough routes and destinations to cover most desires and needs of the average Flight Sim enthusiast.
	www.cpavirtual.org /Virgin (376 words)

	CNN.com - Branson vision for Virgin Nigeria - Jun 29, 2005
		Virgin Nigeria hopes to capitalize on the lucrative Lagos to London route with offers of low-cost flights.
		Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson told CNN's Mathew Chance that the new African airline he is heavily involved in is not strictly about business.
		Nigeria has an incredible Minister of Finance and she is a brilliant lady.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/TRAVEL/06/28/bt.virgin.nigeria.intv (605 words)

	Virgin Nigeria Appoints Mackenzie Director Of Flight Operations
		Clifford said Mackenzie would bring a wealth of experience to Virgin Nigeria having managed flight operations for several years in the aviation sector, especially as a Flight Operations Inspector, Aeroplanes FOI (A) with responsibility for auditing airlines, interviewing and advising accountable managers and Directors of Flight Operations on JAR-OPS 1 compliance.
		Prior to Mackenzie joining Virgin Nigeria, he was with UK Civil Aviation Authority as Flight Operations Inspector FOI (A) responsible for managing operators’ flight safety oversight standards and compliance with JAR-OPS 1.
		Virgin Nigeria is the registered, private sector flag carrier of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, owned 51percent by Nigerian Institutional shareholders and 49 percent by Virgin Atlantic.
	www.independentngonline.com /news/47/ARTICLE/8710/2006-08-11.html (423 words)

	Chippla's Weblog - Thoughts on Issues: Two Airlines Left Standing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The only other domestic carrier in Nigeria to operate 737-300s is AeroContractors, which currently has at least three such aircraft flying, in addition to a number of turboprop, business jet and helicopter aircraft.
		The facts: An A320 belonging to Virgin Nigeria on a routine flight to PHC operating flight number VK071 had to return to LOS 23 mins after takeoff due to passengers complaining about the air-conditioning system.
		I have been to Virgin Nigeria terminals in Nigeria and was greatly impressed by what I saw.
	chippla.blogspot.com /2005/12/two-airlines-left-standing.html (1844 words)

	Airsider - commercial aviation news and reports
		Virgin Nigeria will receive specialist expertise and services from Virgin Atlantic, the UK based international airline owned by Sir Richard Branson and Singapore Airlines.
		Furthermore, Virgin is planning to launch another low-cost airline in the USA, probably based in the San Francisco-area.
		All these airlines are part of the diversified Virgin group which includes a wide range of companies and products, from radio stations to mobile telephony or railway services.
	www.airsider.net /files/2004/0904/006/virginnigeria.htm (593 words)

	Virgin Nigeria Airline Raises Equity
		The new company, Virgin Nigeria Airlines, is due to begin operations later this year and replaces Nigeria's former flagship carrier, state-owned Nigeria Airways, which was liquidated in 2003 with debts of USD$60 million.
		Virgin Nigeria's chief executive Simon Harford said in a statement the investor base of the new company was now in place after the private placement.
		Virgin Nigeria has already ordered a number of aircraft on lease and plans to operate domestic and regional routes in Africa, and international destinations including the Middle East and Europe.
	news.airwise.com /story/view/1110279818.html (248 words)

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