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VIRGIN ATLANTIC'S 25th ANNIVERSARY

EDM number 1711 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Keetch on 19/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Aviation.

That this House welcomes the competition that currently exists in the aviation sector; congratulates Virgin Atlantic on providing 25 years of outstanding service for over 65 million passengers who have flown with the airline since its first flight on 22 June 1984; believes that it has established itself as one of the world's leading airlines; notes that it flies one of the youngest fleets in the world, that the award winning on-board experience is one of the most innovative and technologically advanced of any airline and that it is pioneering the way for aviation to reduce its environmental impacts through technological and operational improvements and investment into alternative fuels; is proud that it flies the Union Flag on the fuselages of its planes and is still Red Hot; and looks forward to many more years of it flying high at the forefront of the aviation industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Keetch19/06/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratProposed
Eric Illsley19/06/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSeconded
Gisela Stuart19/06/2009Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourSeconded
Nigel Evans19/06/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Greg Pope19/06/2009HyndburnLabourSeconded
Paul Rowen19/06/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Simon Burns19/06/2009West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones22/06/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Philip Davies22/06/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton22/06/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton22/06/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Graham Brady22/06/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle22/06/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Spink22/06/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Bill Olner23/06/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham23/06/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Stephen Pound24/06/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Williams24/06/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray24/06/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
David Hamilton26/06/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Betty Williams29/06/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis01/07/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard01/07/2009The WrekinConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins02/07/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson07/07/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
David Cairns08/07/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt09/07/2009CrawleyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey13/07/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds20/07/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Lindsay Roy21/07/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/10/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned

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