There are a few, that talks about "the bearded one" wanting to start an airline it the USA. He said in another one, that he wished jetBlue was for sale
Anyway, here is one article:
Another low-fare airline is coming to America. Virgin Atlantic Airways chairman Richard Branson says he'll launch a U.S. carrier in the first half of next year.
Branson hopes to emulate Southwest and JetBlue, which have cornered a large part of the low-cost market in the U.S. and have been operating profitably while such major carriers as United, American and US Airways have been in or near bankruptcy.
Branson's announcement came just one day after he said Virgin Atlantic, which already flies routes between major U.S. airports and Great Britain, would expand to fly the kangaroo route from the UK to Australia in competition with Qantas.
U.S. law forbids foreign ownership of airlines, meaning that Branson will have to be a minority shareholder in his American airline. He said he expects no problem attracting institutional investors. Branson said he was in the process of hiring executives, especially a CEOfor the airline, and negotiating with Airbus and Boeing for aircraft.
Branson said the new carrier would start with 10 to 15 planes and build from there.
Branson said there are plenty of routes still available for a quality, low-cost carrier that would not have Virgin competing against JetBlue and Southwest.
“There are a lot of routes JetBlue do not fly and we will be doing things that JetBlue do not do,†he added.