Virgin Atlantic reveals Queen of the Skies aircraft

In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Virgin Atlantic has given its newest aircraft the name Queen of the Skies.

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The second Airbus A330neo operated by Virgin Atlantic to have the designation Queen of the Skies has the registration G-VEII. Back in 2004, her late majesty unveiled an Airbus A340-600 with the same name at a ceremony in Toulouse.

Virgin Atlantic has a long history of naming its aircraft after inspirational women, including Diana in tribute to Princess Diana. Virgin Atlantic’s current fleet includes Lade Emmeline (G-VLIB) which pays tribute to the founder of the Suffragette movement and women’s rights activist Emmeline Pankhurst. Fearless Lady (G-VEVE) celebrates the life of Eve Branson, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson’s late mother. Eve led an incredible life, enlisting in the WRENS during World War II, taking gliding lessons disguised as a boy, and working as a pioneering hostess on the treacherous British South American Airways routes.

Queen of the Skies is the fourth Airbus A330neo to join Virgin Atlantic’s fleet. The other three are Billie Holiday (G-VJAZ), Space Oddity (G-VTOM) and Eliza Doolittle (G-VLDY). Virgin Atlantic is committed to flying the cleanest, greenest fleet in the sky and it has ordered 12 more Airbus A330neos to join its fleet.