Virgin Atlantic Airways yebakolanga ku 1984 nga yagobera n'omulamwa omuvubuka Sir Richard Branson. Ye eno y'ekomwamuntu ey'obufuzi bw'Ebulaaya eyakolera eya Reading, West Sussex, emizibu ow'enjiri y'okumala okwo olubere London Heathrow Airport, ng'obukalu bunaanya ku Manchester Airport ne Glasgow Airport. Virgin Atlantic evunaanya kokola enkwatiribwa z'ebizibu ku nsi eno, nga ezitandise mu America emirimu, ekiwandiiko Kyerebwa, Afrika, Omugongo, ne Asia. Omulamwa utuuka ku kawedde kawelu ku bulamu obufuzu, ng'ono ye n'emirundi y'okutuleeta ne mirembe gy'obufuzu obw'ebulasiro. Virgin Atlantic y'ekimaze okugwanirira Virgin Group, eyiyo etundibwa n'ontaano zinzekera ku byokulaba, okwogera n'okusala.