Editing Virgin Atlantic (section)

===Virgin Atlantic International Limited===
On 13 April 2015, Virgin Atlantic incorporated a new subsidiary – Virgin Atlantic International Limited.<ref name="VAIcompany">{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09539561 |title=Virgin Atlantic International Limited |website=companieshouse.gov.uk |publisher=Companies House |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> In November 2015, the subsidiary obtained its own [[Air operator's certificate|Air Operators Certificate]] and Operating Licence, and commenced operations with two former Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited operated [[Airbus A330-300]] aircraft taking over routes previously operated by Virgin Atlantic Limited between London Gatwick and Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, Grenada and Tobago.<ref name="VAIL">{{cite web |url=http://www.vsflyinghub.com/assets/pdfs/stop-press/stop-press-852-virgin-atlantic-international-limited-vail-.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103427/http://www.vsflyinghub.com/assets/pdfs/stop-press/stop-press-852-virgin-atlantic-international-limited-vail-.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-06 |url-status=live |title=Virgin Atlantic Stop Press 852: Virgin Atlantic International Limited (VAIL) |date=10 November 2015 |website=vsflyinghub.com |publisher=Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> These flights are operated on behalf of Virgin Atlantic.<ref name="VAIL2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/virgin-atlantic-sets-up-new-airline-entity-1666 |title=Virgin Atlantic sets up new airline entity |last=Whyte |first=Patrick |date=20 November 2015 |website=ttgmedia.com |publisher=TTG |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref>

Upon incorporation as an AOC holder, the majority of Virgin Atlantic's landing slots at London Heathrow Airport were transferred to Virgin Atlantic International Limited, allowing Virgin Atlantic to access the value of the carriers' slots by '[[Mortgage loan|mortgaging]]' them through open investment from capital markets.<!--Copyvio before this comment removed. Source copied from: <ref name="Slots">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityam.com/230546/virgin-atlantic-raises-220m-from-mortgaging-its-heathrow-landing-slots- |title=Virgin Atlantic raises £220m from mortgaging its Heathrow landing slots |last=Ratcliffe |first=Madeline |date=9 December 2015 |website=cityam.com |publisher=CITY A.M. |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>--><ref name="Slots2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/40193024-9e8b-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/40193024-9e8b-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Virgin Atlantic lands Europe's first bond tied to airport slots |last1=Powley |first1=Tanya |last2=Jackson |first2=Gavin |date=10 December 2015|work=Financial Times}}</ref>