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Richard Branson


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If Richard Branson had worn a pair of steel-rimmed glasses, a double-breasted suit and shaved off his beard, I would have taken him seriously. As it was I couldn’t … I underestimated him.

Lord King

Chairman of British Airways. Quoted in the 1994 book Dirty Tricks: Inside Story of British Airways’ Secret War Against Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic.

Richard Branson in a suit

In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect airline for yourself, it will be appreciated by others.

Richard Branson

1996.

Sue the bastards.

Sir Freddie Laker

Advice to Richard Branson regarding British Airway's dirty tricks campaign against Virgin Atlantic


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Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.

Sir Richard Branson

Founder and CEO Virgin Atlantic Airways, 2001.

In the ’80’s my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I’d like. So we got a secondhand 747 and gave it a go.

Richard Branson

Founder of Virgin Atlantic. Interview in Men’s Journal magazine, May 2006.

I don’t see it as a risk, I see it as living.

Victoria Principal

Actress and skin-care promoter, regards her planned 2009 Virgin Galactic ride. She was the first woman to call Richard Branson and buy a U.S. $200,000 ticket. Reported in People magazine, 18 June 2007.

People often assume I assume I am a thrill seeker, but I am not. I do not enjoy roller coasters, and you won't find me bungee-jumping … It is a disadvantage that my pursuits are inherently dangerous. A large part of my effort is to reduce risk.

Steve Fossett

Aviation record breaker, as told to Richard Branson, reported in Branson’s Time magazine appreciation of Steve after he went missing in the desert, 22 October 2007.

There isn’t a flight goes by when I don’t stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I’m seeing and feeling.

Richard Branson

Pilot and founder of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Galactic. In his book Reach For The Skies, 2011.

Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.

Richard Branson

Pilot and founder of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Galactic. In his book Reach For The Skies, 2011.

I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.

Richard Branson

Founder of Virgin Atlantic. He was 33 at the time. Quoted in the Financial Times newspaper, Etiquette of Rivalry – Dissing Contest, 27 September 2012.

New York to Tokyo could be less than an hour. You could be traveling at 19,000 miles per hour orbitally. After we’ve done the space program, we will be producing supersonic planes, which will go far, far, faster than Concorde.

Richard Branson

CEO Virgin Group, interview on CNBC TV, 6 May 2014.

I’ve just had a bad experience and I’m thinking of starting an airline called Virgin. Do you have any secondhand 747s for sale?

Richard Branson

Phone call to Boeing, early 1980’s. repeats this as Virgin Atlantic’s origin story, although the reality, with British Atlantic Airways starting up to fly between London and the Falkland Islands, is more complicated. Quoted in CNBC TV story 29 Dec 2019.

Virgin Atlantic 747 .


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