Once again, the space tourism company Virgin Galactic postpones the deadline for the opening of its commercial service. The resumption of flights for its VSS Unity suborbital aircraft is scheduled for the course of the next fourth quarter. The first commercial suborbital flight is now expected for the first quarter of 2023.
Previously, Virgin Galactic had anticipated starting commercial flights before the end of this year. ” We look forward to returning to space in Q4 and launching commercial service in Q1 next year. “, said Michael Colglazier.
When publication of the latest financial resultsthe Virgin Galactic boss added: ” In a context of escalating supply chain and labor constraints, our teams have the majority of these issues under control to minimize the impact on schedules. “
Virgin Galactic highlights strong demand
According to Virgin Galactic, demand for ticket sales remains strong with around 800 bookings. It remains to be seen when this demand will be able to begin to be effectively satisfied, while with another space tourism craft, but still suborbital, Blue Origin continues its commercial flights.
Time is running out for Virgin Galactic, which posted a net loss of $93 million in the first quarter, compared to $130 million a year earlier. Over the whole of 2021, Virgin Galactic had suffered a loss of 353 million dollars. The company nevertheless has a cash position of 1.22 billion dollars.
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