British Airways has been fined almost £3m after pleading guilty to taking part in a cartel that fixed prices on air cargo in Canada. The carrier was fined £121.5m in July 2007 for a separate price-fixing cartel with Virgin Atlantic involving surcharges on passenger fares.

Virgin Atlantic calls on Conservative Party to scrap further increases in air passenger duty if they win power at 2010 election

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has signed a worldwide agreement with Virgin Atlantic to ensure travel agents have access to the airline’s full range of content.

Virgin Atlantic, the award-winning long-haul airline, today unveiled its new baggage policy – making it as easy as 123 for travellers. From 25 November 2009, Virgin Atlantic will be introducing a “piece system” across its network for all tickets booked after that date.

Eurostar has signed an e-ticketing deal with Virgin Atlantic that allows consumers to buy train tickets at the same time as they book their flights. The move is designed to open up bookings of the high-speed train operator to more overseas travellers to the UK.

British Airways has suffered another blow after losing a contract to Virgin Atlantic to fly Gordon Brown and his entourage to the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.