The Aermina Virgin Galactic will resume its tourist flights with its new Delta ship in 2026 and the tickets will begin to be sold earlier that year, as announced this Friday when publishing quarterly results better than expected and fired the price of their shares.
“The first quarter demonstrated solid progress in the construction of our new spacecraft and in the fulfillment of our plans to begin commercial spatial flights in 2026,” said its executive director, Michael Colglazier, according to a statement.
The first trip, in the summer of 2026, will be for scientific research, while tourist trips will be from autumn that year.
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The company, founded by the British Richard Branson, hopes to open the sales of commercial tickets in the first quarter of next year and although a price has not yet been set, it is expected that it will exceed 600,000 dollars that were paid before, according to the media.
“We hope that most people who join this first wave are new clients, including both scientists and particular citizens,” he said.
Virgin Galactic began his commercial flights in June 2023 and stopped them a year later to focus on the development of his new ship, which will begin to be assembled next month in Phoenix, Arizona.
In a call with media, Doug Ahrens, director of finance of the company, explained that they expect approximately half of the company’s expenditure this year to comprise unique capital expenses for tools, manufacture and production capacity of the first two spacecraft of the Delta class.
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He also indicated the possibility of developing a second space port in Italy – they even carry out a viability study – in addition to the one already in New Mexico.
With EFE information
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