Employees of Virgin Atlantic and the company’s sister wholesale vacation specialist Virgin Holidays have put up their hands en-mass to work on a voluntary basis as the businesses work on initiatives to preserve cash and protect jobs during the coronvirus pandemic.

The 2020 dates that Sir Richard Branson’s private island, Necker Island, will be available to guests to stay on a per room basis, rather than the entire resort on an exclusive-use basis, have been revealed.

Virgin Galactic has unveiled the spacewear its Astronauts will wear on their space missions, now expected to commence in 2020. The custom-fit uniforms comprise of a base layer, spacesuit, footwear, training suit and limited-edition astronaut jacket.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing will plough US$20 million into Virgin Galactic as the companies work together to expand commercial space access.

A few milestones were achieved this week at Virgin Galactic, which has bonded the fuselage and cabin of its next spaceship to the completed wing assembly.

Virgin Galactic is set to be the first and only publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company after announcing a merger with Social Captial Hedosophia.

Virgin Limited Edition’s Makepeace Island private sanctuary in Noosa, Queensland is offering a Stay 3 Nights & Pay 2 Nights ‘Opening Special’. The promotion is valid for all new bookings that are deposited before 15 March, 2019 for travel before 20 December, 2019.

Virgin Australia today hosted the world’s first dedicated meditation flight with Sir Richard Branson, in partnership with Australian wellbeing and mindfulness meditation leader, Smiling Mind.