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Article: Cape Town Decision Completes Historic Year; From Partnership with Singapore Airlines to New Routes -- Las Vegas, Chicago, Shanghai, Dehli, Cape Town --.
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- December 27, 1999
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Business & Travel Editors
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 1999
Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, welcomed the airline's award of a second weekly frequency between London and Cape Town by the Civil Aviation Authority. He said:
"It is exactly a year to the day since the CAA made its landmark decision to grant Virgin Atlantic the right to launch the first-ever scheduled British service between London and Shanghai. In the twelve months since then, we launched services to Shanghai on May 22, Chicago on November 1 and Cape Town on December 3.
"In the last two weeks alone, we've secured a breakthrough agreement ...