Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
London, Manchester
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51 - Air transport

450 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Virgin Atlantic announced plans to create 450 new jobs. The airline is creating a new route between Manchester and Las Vegas, and increasing London departures to the Caribbean and Ghana. 350 of the new jobs will be based at Gatwick and 100 at Manchester. As of 11 March 2011, no date has been given for the creation of the new posts.


Sources

  • 11 March 2011: BBC

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Virgin Atlantic, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71733, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71733.