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On This Day 11th January 1997.

PH-MCG, Boeing 767-31AER, Virgin Atlantic, drying the runway as it lands on Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 11th January 1997.
This was on lease from MartinAir Holland, which explains the non-standard livery.

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Side view of a twin-engined jet airliner moving at speed from left to right along a wet black runway, kicking up clouds of spray as it goes.
The plane is largely white, with a grey belly, and black "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the upper forward fuselage.
The tail is red, with seemingly handwritten, white "Virgin" titles.
The black registration "PH-MCG" is on the upper rear fuselage, next to small Dutch and EU flags.
Brown grass fills most of the foreground, with a black taxiway cutting through at the bottom.
The white and blue rear fuselage and tail can be seen in the background on the left, with trees stretching across the rest of the frame, under grim grey skies.

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Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked facing to the right on grass. The plane is largely white, with a black anti-dazzle panel on top of the engines directly in front of the large bubble cockpit canopy, and a red belly. The horizontal stabiliser and the outer panels of the wings are also painted red. There is a blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, and a blue, white, and red fin flash under the red number "06" on the tail. The number "06" is repeated in white on the front of the engine cowling. The black serial "XX522" is visible under the horizontal stabiliser on the rear fuselage. Green grass fills the foreground and a good part of the background, leading up to trees and bushes lining the airfield perimeter. A man with short dark hair and wearing a yellow hi-viz vest is standing on the far side of the planes rear fuselage, accompanied by a pair of children, with the head of one wearing a hat visible over the top of the plane, and 2 pairs of legs wearing short trousers visible below. Blue sky over rolling hills in the far distance completes the image.

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Photo of the Day 21st December 2025.

G-VEVE, Airbus A350-1041, Virgin Atlantic, starting it's final turn to Gate 204 on Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 18th May 2023, as seen from the top of the Terminal 1 car park, which are now Out Of Bounds, I believe.

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Head-on view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing towards the camera, it's nose-wheel turned to it's left.
The plane is almost entirely white, with a red tail and engine pods.
There are large, purple, billboard-style "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the sides of the forward fuselage.
An image of a female figure wearing a short red dress and trailing a red, white, and blue British flag from one wrist.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground and most of the background, with the white, blue, red, and orange rear fuselage and tail of another airliner in the background on the left.

Tails Tuesday 2 9th December 2025.

G-VLNM, Airbus A330-223, Virgin Atlantic, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

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Close-up of the tail and rear fuselage of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the left.
The fuselage is mostly white, while the tail is almost entirely red, reaching down to cover most of the rear fuselage beneath it.
There are white, seemingly hand-written "Virgin" titles on the tail, with the white letters "NM" right at the top.
The up-turned wingtip is also visible, on the left of the frame, and is also red, although it looks a bit darker as it is angled very slightly down.
In the background, the runway and taxiways lead up to a large grey hangar visible under the planes tail on the left, and a pair of jet airliners parked facing a terminal building in the distance on the right.
Blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

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Tails Tuesday 2nd December 2025.

EI-CTY, British Aerospace 146-200, Virgin Atlantic, operated by CityJet, at London City Airport, 1st November 1994.

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Close-up of the rear fuselage and tail of a T-tailed jet airliner moving from right to left along a grey runway.
The plane is almost entirely white, with a red tail with white "Virgin" text, seemingly hand-written, in the middle.
The runway is elevated above a body of water, visible right at the bottom of the frame, with a dirty concrete wall below grass that lines the runway.
A concrete bridge stretches across the background, distorted and jellyfied by the heat from the planes engine exhaust.
Grey-blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

On This Day 28th November 2013.

EI-EZW, Airbus A320-214, Virgin Atlantic, turning off Runway 23 Right after landing at Manchester Airport, 28th November 2013, as seen from the Runway Visitor Park, operating the short-lived service from London Heathrow that existed purely to keep some of their unused Heathrow slots, rather than an attempt to run a meaningful service.

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Head-on view of a twin-engined jet airliner taxiing toward the camera, it's nosewheel turned slightly suggesting it is turning to the left, it's right.
The plane is almost entirely white, with a flying figure in red outfit and trailing a British flag, under the cockpit windows on either side of the forward fuselage.
The bright red tail reaches into the sky, while the red engine pods with bare metal rings around the intakes seem to stare down the camera with the bright light on the nose wheel.
Patches of green grass line taxiways and the runway that wend their way through the background, with trees stretching across the frame in the distance, under grey skies.

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Princess Diana’s iconic 90s Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt is being re-released — here’s how to get it

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Virgin Atlantic’s incoming CEO Corneel Koster inherits steep profitability and strategic agenda
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Woman downed 15 cans of wine on flight before saying ‘go back to your council houses’

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Boeing and Virgin Atlantic to fit Starlink streaming‑quality Wi‑Fi across 787 fleet

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Virgin Atlantic names Corneel Koster CEO; Shai Weiss to depart end-2025

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Virgin upgrades Eurostar rival plans with cross-Channel train route from Manchester

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