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Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic is to create up to 1,500 new jobs at Heathrow and Gatwick over the next 18 months, including 1,100 cabin crew, 150 flight deck, 150 engineers and 100 at the Crawley head office. 28-Jun-2005 Virgin Atlantic is looking to double the size of its airline business over the next five years, and will diversify its network away from the North Atlantic. 30-May-2005 Virgin Atlantic is planning to invest £14m in the creation of a new Nigerian airline called Virgin Nigeria. 28-Sep-2004 Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to create about 6,000 jobs over the next few years, mainly at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. 06-Aug-2004 Virgin Atlantic is planning to double in size over the next six years, with the creation of 1,400 jobs, and is in negotiations with Boeing and Airbus to buy 30 wide-bodied aircraft. 24-Mar-2004 Virgin Atlantic is to recruit about 700 cabin crew staff this year at its services from Gatwick and Heathrow airports, due to rising demand for flights to the US. 23-Feb-2004 Virgin Atlantic is recruiting 300 additional staff in preparation for the re-introduction of a number of daily and weekly flights to the US. 11-Jul-2002 Virgin Atlantic is to create 300 new jobs at Gatwick, including 200 cabin crew and 100 office staff, following an increase in services to destinations such as New York, Lagos, Orlando and Shanghai. 30-Apr-2002 Virgin Atlantic is planning to cut its airline capacity by 20% with the loss of 1,200 jobs. 18-Sep-2001 Virgin Atlantic is to expand its airline business and launch new routes next year with the creation of 1,700 jobs, including 450 ground crew, 250 pilots and 1,000 cabin crew. 08-Dec-2000 Virgin is selling a 49% stake in the Virgin Atlantic airline to Singapore Airlines for £600m, and proceeds will be invested in its online and mobile phone operations. 21-Dec-1999 Virgin Atlantic has won permission from the US Department of Transportation to fly between Heathrow and Chicago from November. 11-Aug-1999 Virgin Atlantic is in discussions with a number of Chinese airlines about forming alliances, in order to benefit from China's plans to restructure the aviation sector. 14-Jul-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007