Virgin Sun Airlines
Virgin Sun Airlines | |
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IATA code : | VS |
ICAO code : | VIR |
Call sign : | VIRGIN |
Founding: | 1998 |
Operation stopped: | 2001 |
Seat: |
Crawley , UK![]() |
Home airport : | * Manchester |
Fleet size: | 4th |
Aims: | international |
Virgin Sun Airlines ceased operations in 2001. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
Virgin Sun Airlines was a British airline based in Crawley .
history
Virgin Sun Airlines was founded in 1998 by Richard Branson as part of the Virgin Group .
After the financial results were not as expected, the flight operations on October 31, 2001 were discontinued and sold to First Choice Airways . The leased planes were returned to the owners.
Destinations
Virgin Sun Airlines flew from Manchester and Gatwick near London to several holiday destinations around the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands .
fleet
As of October 2001, the Virgin Sun fleet consisted of four aircraft:
See also
Web links
Commons : Virgin Sun Airlines - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ ruudleeuw.com - Airlines Remembered Virgin Sun (English) accessed on September 21, 2011
- ↑ planespotters.net - Virgin Sun Airlines fleet (English) accessed on September 21, 2011