Ad Astra Aero vs Virgin Atlantic

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Ad Astra Aero is the older of the two, founded in 1919 — 65 years before Virgin Atlantic.

Founded: 1919; 1984
Status: Closed 1931; Active
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland; Crawley, United Kingdom
Industry: airline; airline
Founders: Alfred Comte; Richard Branson, Randolph Fields, Alan Hellary
Employees: Not recorded; 8,875
Parent: Not recorded; Virgin Group
Website: Not recorded; virginatlantic.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Ad Astra Aero and Virgin Atlantic.