In the clearest sign yet of aviation’s changing culture, the Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson has said he will almost certainly no longer be “turning girls upside down”, signalling an end to a long-established fixture of the airline’s flight promotion.
Branson, who turned 72 in July, said he still remained physically capable of “picking up ladies” – traditionally along the wing of a landed Virgin jumbo jet – but that “times have moved on”.
