Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Arriving in Style



Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic are having a party on cloud 9 while other airlines accept their hardships and spend time building explanations out of economic symptoms.

The company recently reported annual pre-tax profits of $109M usd, almost doubling last year's number.

How?
  • "results had been helped by a rise in premium fare passengers."

  • "successful hedging of fuel had helped the firm, by buying in advance before fuel prices surged."

  • "Group sales, which include sales from tour operator Virgin Holidays, increased by 8.4% to £2.579bn from £2.38bn in the year before."

  • Style!
Full BBC Article

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