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V Australia: Details on Branson's Newest Baby

3/11/2008 at 11:35 AM
Tags: V Australia, Airlines, Richard Branson, Tony Fernandes, Kendra Wilkinson, Open Skies, AirAsia, Air Asia X (all tags)

Serial publicity hound Richard Branson is headed Down Under later this month to reveal the details on Virgin's latest airline, V Australia.

The start-up is a spin off of Virgin Blue, set to challenge Qantas on flights between Oz and the US before the end of 2008. Interestingly, Branson's visit is timed to coincide with the opening of London Heathrow's Terminal 5--the new home of Virgin rival British Airways.

We're guessing RB won't be taking Kendra Wilkinson along on his trip south, but he won't be hyping V Australia all alone. AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes will be in Melbourne too, talking up his new routes to Malaysia.

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