Melbourne, Feb 28 : Virgin Airlines boss Richard Branson is all set to strike a deal with Ian Thorpe to rope her into an ambassadorship role for his V Australia airline, according to reports.
Earlier, Branson was allegedly pitching for Miranda Kerr, but now he is close to having the Olympic great onboard.
The news comes just two months after Thorpe's sponsorship contract with rival Qantas expired.
London - Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson admitted in an interview Saturday that he would consider becoming involved in Formula One if certain financial and environmental conditions were met.
"They need to get the rules changed to make F1 economically viable in these tough times," he told BBC 5 Live radio.
"F1 should be also championing cleaner technology. If we were to get involved we'd want our cars run on clean fuels."
Hamburg - British entrepreneur Richard Branson has told a German magazine he will test-fly a joy-riding spacecraft this year.
Branson's company, Virgin Galactic, plans to take passengers to the verge of space, though not high enough to achieve earth orbit. The tourists will experience weightlessness for several minutes.
The take-offs are expected to be from the US state of New Mexico.
New York, Feb. 2: Virgin Air billionaire Richard Branson wants to poach the "Miracle on the Hudson" U. S. Airways pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger III.
"I'd like him to come fly for us. We'll make him the best-paid pilot at Virgin - we'll give him double [the salary of] anybody else. He also can become one of the astronauts in my intergalactic spaceship company. The man can write his own ticket with me," the New York Daily News quoted Branson, as saying.
Washington - The British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled in California's Mojave desert Monday a new launch vehicle for private space flights.
Like its predecessor White Knight One the new craft, White Knight Two is more than twice as large as the original and will be used to haul Space Ship Two to edge of space to launch the first customers flying on the world's first commercial space airline.
"We're naming it Eve after my mother Eve Branson and because it stands for a first and new beginning," Branson said at the unveiling.
London, March 4 : Sir Richard Branson has be
Melbourne, Feb 28 : Virgin Airlines boss Richard Branson is all set to strike a deal with Ian Thorpe to rope her into an ambassadorship role for his V Australia airline, according to reports.
London - Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson admitted in an interview Saturday that he would consider becoming involved in Formula One if certain financial and environmental conditions were met.
Hamburg - British entrepreneur Richard Branson has told a German magazine he will test-fly a joy-riding spacecraft this year.
Washington - The British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled in California's Mojave desert Monday a new launch vehicle for private space flights.
