Virgin Express

A part of the Virgin Group, Virgin Express started to function from 1996 and ended its flights in 2006. In its final phase the airline primarily concentrated on budget flights and operated primarily within Europe.

Virgin Express History

Virgin Express was incorporated in 1996 and ended its operations in 2006. Neil Burrows served as its CEO while the Chairman of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, was an important person as well. The aviation enterprise entered into a merger with SN Brussels Airlines and created Brussels Airlines that initiated functioning on 25th March 2007. The company kicked on operations on April 23, 1996 with the purchase of EuroBelgian Airlines or EBA, a leisure airway from Belgium, by Virgin Group. It was renamed Virgin Express. EBA's aircraft were purchased during that deal as well.

Virgin Express Details

Virgin Express was based out of Brussels Airport and had an operational fleet size of 11 with a maximum capacity of 22. The parent company was SN Airholding. The carrier provided flights to airports to 24 destinations across Europe - Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal.