Virgin Atlantic: 25 years, Still Red Hot

Virgin Atlantic will be celebrating their 25th anniversary milestone this year with a look back at how it has become a leading airline player. The inaugural flight, VS1 from Gatwick to Newark, New Jersey on 22nd June 1984, was a miracle in itself having been planned in just a few weeks.

Now, Virgin America uses 38 aircraft to fly six million people a year to 30 destinations around the world. The staff of 9,000 have built an airline that, after 25 years, is still red hot; an airline that focuses on being the best, not the biggest, and injects customer service and innovation into its daily philosophy.

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[Nicky Kriisa]

Was that a couple of Ryanair air hostesses I saw at 0:52 ?

[Jealous480]

 1:22 Relax don't do it :)

[L0rM]

YES!!!! He is also one of the pizza boys in "Rise of the Footsoldier"

[Al Scorpio]

Flew with them first in 1994... & yep... The girls were like this mmmm

[silverkingukable]

Flying with them to LA yay

[Michael Samuel]

I luv this ad so funny on 1:22

[J444ES]

Its not just an advert, it very clever the way then did it. Brings back a lot of memories this advert

[RoLLWithITOasis1]

Brilliant ad!

[Yasmin Khan]

This is my favourite advert

[leftkeyentry]

0:40 "Tell Them Again" Big dirty stinking BASS.

[Miriam Michu]

They use flight attendants like objets.

[ace sigma]

Wonder what the 30th anniversary advert will be like, it's got to top this...good luck