We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.

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The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long...

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to...

With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to...

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This...

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This...

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she...

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she...