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Why Did Virgin America Fail?
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Why Did Virgin America Fail?

A partial sister company to both Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, Virgin America should've been destined for greatness. Yet, less than a decade and a half after it was founded, Virgin America was no more, swallowed up by the giant Alaska Air Group. Acquired in 2016, the company was slowly merged into Alaska Airlines (the main airline in the Alaska Air Group along with regional airline Horizon Air) and was completed in 2018, with the Virgin brand being fully retired by June 2 2019. By 2020, seemingly all remnants of the company had disappeared due to Alaska Airlines' retiring of all former Virgin aircraft and the furloughing of almost all its old staff. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background Foundation Early Years Great Recess...
17 coolest special aircraft liveries
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17 coolest special aircraft liveries

Occasionally, airlines do special aircraft liveries. Sometimes, these liveries are fleet wide. Sometimes they merely come into play with one specific aircraft, so which are the best? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 17. Icelandair - 757 "Northern Lights" Icelandair is known for it's amazing liveries! Previously, Icelandair have operated the amazing Þingvellir (Icelandic flag) and Vatnajökull (glacier) liveries. In 2015, Icelandair announced it's newest livery, the Hekla Aurora. Just look at it! It's gorgeous! The Hekla Aurora is meant to show the Aurora Borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights. And it does that job really well! The livery depicts an Icelandic mountain with the Northern lights overhead. Just image flying...