Branson attacks Prescott Cape Town decision.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 April 2000-VIRGIN: Branson attacks Prescott Cape Town decision (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05042000 Sir Richard Branson today reacted angrily to John Prescott`s announcement that he will strip Virgin Atlantic of one of its current Cape Town services and hand it over to British Airways.

Richard said today: "I`ve heard of crass decisions by Government before but this one beats them all. I had hoped that the days of unreasonable, heavy handed state intervention were over. "British Airways flies six times per week to Cape Town and in December Virgin won a decision by the independent regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), to increase our frequency from one to two per week. This decision gave passengers extra choice...