A flight attendant is behind the bar with a Virgin name tag visible. The overhead compartments indicates that they are supposed to be flying on a Boeing 747.īond is spending most of his time in the bar during the flight. The upper class features a bar and other amenities like seats converting to fully flat beds. They have chosen the upper class at Virgin Atlantic, which can be described as other airlines first class sections. No hard feelings eh?īond and Mathis are flying to Bolivia in pursuit of Dominic Greene. Since British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have been bitter rivals for many years, both the Virgin airplanes and Sir Richard himself were edited out of the in-flight movies shown on board of all British Airways flights. Branson is being searched by a security guard when the terrorist enters the airport, watched by Bond. Sir Richard Branson, the founder and owner of Virgin even has a cameo in the film. All the scenes were filmed at Prague International airport doubling for Miami, something that becomes obvious when, at one point, a plane from Czech airlines (CSA) is seen in the background. The airplanes featured in the film are all the biggest and longest in the Virgin fleet. Virgin's Airbus A340-600 seen in the backgroundĮven though Bond never flies with Virgin in the film, several airplanes and a Virgin Atlantic catering truck can be seen during the action at Miami airport. Casino Royale 2006, marked the change not only from Brosnan as Bond, but also from British Airways as Bond's choice of airline ( featured in Die another day and GoldenEye). Virgin has featured in all three of Craig's film. I thought it appropriate to look at the airline's previous engagements with the Bond series and I have now updated the post to include Skyfall. reported in late 2011 that Virgin Atlantic would once again be flying Bond in Skyfall.

The pin-up girl, called the Scarlet Lady, carrying the Union Jack is seen on every Virgin aircraft.

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