The ‘super pressure’ aircraft is roughly the size of a football stadium and is due to spend more than three months flying around the southern hemisphere’s mid-latitudes.
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The inaugural VA1 service took off for Doha shortly after 3pm using Qatar Airways’ 777-300ER A7-BET, marking the first long-haul international flight for Virgin since the carrier went into administration in 2020.