Virgin Atlantic Airways has modernized its fleet with Airbus A350-1000s and Airbus A330-900neos. The planes replace aging widebodies and come with upgraded business and economy cabins. The A330neo ...

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic picked up the pace in the space tourism marketplace with the launch Thursday of its VSS Unity rocketplane carrying an 80-year-old former British Olympian and a mother ...

SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico—I’m standing on a spaceport runway at the ass end of nowhere. The sun has started to creep over the craggy San Andreas Mountains, illuminating the massive, alien ...

Update: The launch was a success start to finish, and the vessel has returned safely to the ground. The headline and images have been updated to reflect this; original story follows. Virgin Galactic ...

You might recognize a couple of the crew members. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On pace with its once-a-month flight goal, ...

Virgin Voyages is charting new waters with its fourth ship, the Brilliant Lady. A narrower design than the rest of the fleet allows the new vessel to fit through the Panama Canal and sail to Alaska, a ...

Last year, Virgin Galactic seemed to finally be hitting a stride toward making commercial suborbital spaceflight. The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six ...

Virgin Galactic started operating commercial flights of its space tourism business in 2023. Before the company was operational it pre-sold tickets for as little as $200,000. Now that it is flying ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robin Raven covers luxury travel, vegan dining, hotels and the arts. Jul 04, 2024, 04:41pm EDT If you dream of going on an ...