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Liverpool Daily Post newspaper clipping from August 30, 1984 showing article about Virgin Atlantic price war accusations

Liverpool Daily Post newspaper clipping from August 30, 1984 showing article about Virgin Atlantic price war accusations

A newspaper clipping from the Liverpool Daily Post dated August 30, 1984, featuring an article titled 'Airlines price war a bid to smash us says Virgin' with a photograph of Richard Branson. The article discusses Virgin Atlantic's accusations that rival airlines were planning a 'Laker style fares war' to damage their business, referencing the collapse of Laker Airways two years earlier.

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