VS fleet consists of 38 aircraft: 13, Boeing 747-400s, 6, A340-300s and 19, A340-600s. The average age of fleet is only 6 years and 11 months.World Record Attempts
Sir Richard Branson has been involved in many world record breaking activities;
1986 His boat Virgin Atlantic Challenger II crossed the Atlantic Ocean in record breaking time.
1987 Virgin Atlantic Flyer was the first air balloon to ever cross the Atlantic.
1991 The Virgin Atlantic Flyer crossed the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Artic Canada at record speeds of up to 245 miles an hour! Now that’s fast.
1995 – 1998 Richard Branson made various attempts to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon however the weather never prevented him from seeing this dream come into life. They were in fact beaten by a Swiss firm in 1999.
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