[Michael Morrison]

Originally Posted by Joe Frampton

The messy bit is that, when Sir Richard sold half of Virgin Atlantic to Singapore Airlines in 2000, SIA extracted an undertaking that he would not use the Virgin brand on any new venture flying international routes. That’s why the new Virgin Blue subsidiary airline connecting Australia and the US is called V Australia and the 737s connecting Australia with Bali, Phuket, Thailand, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands are flown under the name Pacific Blue.

How come Virgin America can use the name internationally? They fly to Mexico from the states.